Vesole (DDR 878) - Naval Cruise Book

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7 Mm What words best describe this metropolis of the north. . . busy and beautiful. . .these two suffice quite nicely. The merchant ships of the world ply their trade through ports-of-call which must resemble Genoa in atmosphere and personality. Since the year that Columbus first made the city known for her attention to the sea, her men have he ard the call of the sea. . .and answered it. In Genoa, we welcomed in the new ye a r , 1962, with the c lamo ring sound of ship's whistles and the traditional Italian dumping of a year's accumulation of special trash. We returned often to Genoa and seemed always to find something new and interesting. This city easily ranked as one of our favor- ite liberty ports.

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The Riviera. . . Cote d'Azur. .. beautiful dream of les touristes , We saw it in the winter and so perhaps missed most of the glamor and enticements which character- ize this vacation wonderland. We didn't miss it all though. We saw the s un dazzled Alps gleaming in the distance beyond Cannes, the hotel-studded promenades on Nice and Cannes. The pictures que beauty of the French beaches. . the paddleboats. . . sidewalk cafes.. .. fa s hion shows. . . but alas, few bikinis. We spent Christmas at the small village of Theoule which is about six miles from Cannes. Our holiday was not as bright .as we would have desired but we did the best we could. The brilliant star on our mast-head helped to pull o ur spirits up a bit. , ,X ., 442. f r S fs-W: was if el .S fa ' , M Z, Q A- - 2 Sl ,NWWX Y vfsewffls ww , Q f , ,S WJ, is Hwy fi xy X Wvymffxlq? sf as f at XX ' ff V X l'z'WfSf'f Sf fS'7-JWSMFWW 'www Q -.Q f ,ff S- VSLMQYWQWQX 4 x AW y NWJWX wx AW x, f 17' -- ww is ,Q ff' 1 f is-fm. - W Mu ASW Q Sfwww SM-fwfsfxfi .KMA Www -. X 4 W i ,Xg,!4ggfyAf ,W M Q ns - f .X , ,M X f ,, .W ,.,,, !W,s K ff X, - 'M mms www- ms ff w ,fs ft 1' - ' ,A .f wwolfm if 1 Cie 21. 55 'f ,, , f ' , ..-, . if -yy, f,f4wrwW W'5W 1f f' w ,.f ,f24 Q EW ff -4 dh vary W ff?-5.'1T , X Anil :Tiff 'ki Q f Kew , Q 57 Aw ,' 'E W if 'f77!4 9 f J J ,i f ffm K ...,-M-wy,l,.-ree fs, , S . W. .N Q My My . 'f ' 1 - f- gcfxfiw-f. ffefgyf tv X - , A ff' ' , .-.wwffl , f is sv 4' we nge 4 , .Q-My ,',.- X e bt f 4 ' 'W' X' . , X ,ffw,WJM S, f X,, s,X,,.,.mQ,,, sim,-5 , M is f We ..-..,.,..,. - ,...,,,,, QYVV M' Q M

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Iivornn Something like what I-IOMEITOWN, ITALY must be. . . this impression came to be rather prevalent throughout the Sixth Fleet. Livorno has managed to escape to a large de gr e e, the caustically commercial attitudes of some other Italian ports. The people were friendly and the liberty nice. I Z 1 W, I iiiffziff yiigxitf LZ