La Salle (AGF 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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For immediate release: The Sixth Fleet flagship USS La Salle departed its homeport of Oraeta, Italy, August 6, for a month-long deployment to the Black Sea. La Salle and embarked Sixth Fleet staff personnel will be making short visits to the following Black Sea and Mediterranean ports: Istanbul, Turkey Novorossyisk, Russia Sevastopol, Ukraine Constanta, Romania Varna , Bulgaria Souda Bay, Crete Black Sea

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In August: Impressive, International, Islamic, Incredibly Interesting. Indisputably La Salle anchored at what could be easily described as the crossroads of Hast and West: Istanbul. Europe on one side. Asia on the other; to the north, the Bosphorus and the Black sea: to the south, the Dardanelles and the Med. Istanbul is an assault on the senses. The Blue Mosque, the 30 million gold mosaic tiles on Ay a Sofia, the green of the city ' s many parks, and of course everywhere is the bright red Turkish national flag. Also, the smell of sizzling kebabs mixes with a generous serving of car horns ami vehicles fumes and served five times a day. a musselin calling out the time lor prayer from a nearby minaret. Istanbul was the right port for our first stop: wallets were full and storage space was still empty. The grand bazaar lived up to its name tor everything from jewelry to leather bags and jackets. Istanbul was a shopper ' s paradise. Once these few days were complete, though, another surprised awaited: the transit through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea. X tcvfaA