Lowry (DD 770) - Naval Cruise Book

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CI ' VIT-A.- ' VEJCCHI-A. How the devil do you pronounce it, anyway? For most, Civita-Vecchia was only a train station to Rome. The outstanding attraction was that it was the last port, after six long months (or was it years?) away from home. The beatniks bought Espresso Machines, while the rest waited for the train. Some had been to Rome before, from Naples, but this was the first time for most of us. An hour and a half on a wooden seat, and 400 lire was all it cost to get there, with no telling how much to get back. Looking for the liberty party? Search St. Peter ' s, the Forum, Catacombs, Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon ... no luck? Try the Amercian Bar. The entire liberty party the first night, was 8 hours late, and we learned to check the train sched- ules a bit more carefully. One young soul had to be treated for shock after learning the prices at the Florida, and several diets were badly disturbed by mixtures of Perroni, giant cheeseburgers, pizza, and a banana split or two, at the American. The weather was good, or it was bad, and no in-between. Camera carriers used film like it was beer, we all found the seven hills closer to mountains, and a few hours at a stretch was all the sight-seeing most could stand, without an Espresso break. Three coins in the iounlain

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