Tarawa (CV 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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with . ' Zlir1f'?fffF?e? Lf,L,' 6 ll' If 1 noted that the prewar exchange was 77 02 drachmag to the US dollar There was a great shortage of luxury 1tems 1n Greece Only those ltems considered essentlal are 1m ported under the auspices of the Greek Government and 1f an lndxudual should receive a luxury 1tem from abroad even as a gift it IS subject to a stiff tarlff wh1ch often equals and sometimes exceeds the origmal purchasc pr1ce of the art1cle For reasons menuoncd above the TARAWA sailors experienced some dlfficulty in their shoppmg but those who merely wanted a momento of the1r v1s1t to Greece had no trouble There were manv souven1r Items offered such as the Greek dolls 1n native costume, small repl1cas of famous statues etc Transportation 1n Athens was falrly good crowded Electric tramways and busses have their startmg pomts 1n Athens Omonxa Square The elec UIC rallway to New Faliron and Piraeus Qwhere the fleet llberty landlng was sltuatedj starts 1n the under ground statzon at Omonxa and has mtermedlate stations along the way We were able to find French and Engllsh cooking 1n most Hrst class hotels and restaurants The good local cookxng however was worthwh1le tasting and we found many first and second class restaurants IH which we could enjoy .1 dellcxous Greek meal Nor must we forget the numerous taverns some of wh1ch have become popular features of Athens, in which the most popular natlonal dlshes are served e g kokoretsl and souvlak1a choice p1eces of mutton grllled on a skewer, dolmadakla mlnced meat ln w1ld grapevlne or cabbage leavesj and other local spec1a1t1es And now that we have been to Athens we do not want to miss th1s opportunity to recommend two pastrxes of Orxental or1g1n the ekmek kadalf and the galatab oboureko Greek wmes have always been famous About the Attlca WIHCS wh1ch were available we should mention the Chateau la Reine Docelie and Marco though most popular was the Retslna fwh1ch IS wme mlxed w1th p1ne tree resmj The taste of the latter seemed at first rather pecullar 11ke turpentxne but we qulckly became accustomed to lt and found It to be a very good dr1nk We d1d not have the OPPOTIUDIIY to wxtness any sports events wh1le 1n Athens however, the c1ty IS very sports mmded and one of the most famous SlghIS we saw 1n Athens was the Athens Stadium, bu1lt on the east slope of Ard1tt1s H111 It was entlrely rebuxlt 1n the latter part of the 19th century The first World Olymplc Games took place here, 1n 1896 The stad1um w1ll seat more than 50 000 persons It IS difficult to 1nclude all the many places we had the opportunlty to v1s1t 1n Athens and even more d1H'icult to sum up our hlgh est1mat1on of the Clty It was a most educat1ona1 and enjoyable v1s1t and we hope our memorles of lt wlll stay long w1th us an ll

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S. ABOVE: The famouf Ampbion, viewed from the Aeropolix. BELOW: Mount Likmfittoy and Athens, viewed from the Acropolis .rn l. . . . K , f N4 ,' 5-.5' ,. ,X 4, ffY'f H4 nil' 1 lf' in ,1l ,fi-Hr I fri.