Midway (CVB 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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The friendliness of the guards and tin- passing crowd made the North Frontier. Gateway to Spain from (iihraltar. a spot well worth visiting. The Chunh of St. Mary the Crowned was originally a Moorisli Mosque. Re- decorated by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in the 15lli century, it still stands todav.

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ebrmii ' ii hl-(ylli . . . -yrunusla THK m ' CoikI |iiirl 111 till ' rriii-c wa.» Aii):ii! lu, a lypii-al Sicilian Ki-acouf-l com- niiiiiily. Siliialril mi an i lanll and adjoining an ample liarhor, Au)!iiKla. as mi !lit be expected, i-i primarily a seafarinj: town with a fI lin}: fleet, a naval base and sliipyariU a,« the main sources of livelihood. I.ackin): liistoric riiini or amusement areas. Aufiusta offers little to attract the casual tourist. Kor the navy man, liberty in .Augusta was an education as well as a |ilc,i i]rc. Here we saw the bra r struf;f;lc wa};( l hy the people of this island a they soUf;lit the nia iniinn yield from a roik-slrcwn earlh and a storni-tos-eil sea. Here we lia l our first tasle of what to e pe | in most of the MIDW A ' S Medi- terranean ports-of-call. .Almost immediately upon dcbarkin ; from the liberty launch we became a focal point about which a niillin : thron ! of street hawkers con-irepaled. each proclainiin : the uniqueness and superior value of his particu- lar ware. e had our first experience in bar ;ainin in broken Enfrlish or sipn languafie and became adept in the mathematics of currency conversion, e noted a strangeness about everything. The peopli ' . the lanfiuajie. the food, the customs stimidateil our curiosity and set u- to further investifiation of this new culture. e were then confirmed tourists, eaijerly looking forward to continuance of our Medilirranean adventure. The fleet landint;. the befiiniiinfi and the end of liberty, is usually the scene of much Inirried last-minute souvenir huvino;.