Norris (DDE 859) - Naval Cruise Book

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35 0 , ' I , xo 9:1 r .gi g 573' o J , eT88G8 g , ' QQe2 0 On 2 February, the NORRIS steamed into Phaleron Boy fo, G four day visit. Long before the Special Sea Detail had been secured we had our liberty shoes shined and resting on the main, deck - with us in them. ,ix :ll From our pigtail-pulling, two-a-cat days we had heard chown' Athens. As the home of wisdom and beauty, as the olive-.gmwing rootbed oi modern-day democracy. We went off in search gfk clear-eyed, nobel-browed Minervas. Off to see the meeting placesl of the boule and epistatoi. Off to see the slanted columns of 'Vfheg' Parthenon that by architectural genius were to appear verticalic from any angle. ' And we were not disappointed. A , , 4 4 We saw temples to Zeus and Apollo and Dionysius. We stood on theehill called the Areopagus and summoned up imagesaqf grape chewing sages passing through. the business of the day with reason and iustice. We took in the tiny Agora, rememberingf it had once been the cross roads of world trade. About the sized of one supermarket, yet the world's finest had been displayed- here. ' Fi rt ' I ' ,a 4 H. .ix l We were told ot the ancient Dionysian rite of changing water- to wine. We discovered the secret tunnel and door where a temple? priest could hide and upon signal discharge wine into a pool. We' realized more than the Phidian pediment and Triglyph walls t had originated in the Athens area. Apparently cut liquor had too. .fl v A lot of modern-day Greece intrigued as well. The floor' shows of the Argentina and Femnia beckoned some. Atterthe- rock-n-roll of shipboard lite the rock bottom prices at the American Club called others. Then there was the Sixth Fleet Canteen. Good music, handsome Hellenic hostesses, free taod...and not Shore patrol. a I A A From Ouzo to the Acropolis we like Greece. Expensive, but MCB. About the hardest thing to get used to was standing on the Sffeff COHIGI' YOU Were looking for unable to read the sign that said your were there. The Greeks have a word for it. Butff t I 4 they certainly keep it a secret! n r N. gi! , wx' W! . 'E . C-f W 3 s Q . f in Y a-.-ry.. NL, ll 'HPTMFFFL -af.-4 'ii V- High mf Q- -E N ml Mmill!4 4ll mlmlQlM'lJlmWl'l ' lllll f --1-' V! ,ui I 'fy ,I if .,..V,aV'4,fg7F5.,i,..F,,-T!-t-:..c. gL:,f 5l.:'.,,,. W-,W Y nfl ' is If 'nt Z 'lf if 'rw' Iwi 1 it it .mt -it mln t u -1 f fi-or L, W- .film rlllm f?:Lff.l,,ff?,f2g,f'Q-.gztgS1'I1lMlE ,Eg ff F ., .1 A' R? .1 3 X 'jj Ee- 6,,,f... ee .-- -X f? M fs -- fre- 'X- dk- Vwbu ci S - Q.-.s.K.,..,. I 'xi'f' X Q pg- -..,,ls'- in R t ---Nw 2-r da g 'J A V-i IlQQ.,--.. . I . , Y I ' -'lllls