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White Falcon
Tours and travel
October 13, 1978
by Debbie Rawls
The Tour Office offers many win-
ter package tours to the Canary Is-
lands. With a year-round, spring-
like climate, the Canary Islands
are a perfect winter vacation spot.
Your destination will be the
Gran Canaria Island. On this "min-
iature continent" you will find a
surprising variety of scenery.
There are sandy deserts and luxu-
riant tropical mountains, steep
cliffs and deep ravines, pine groves,
vineyards, coffee plantations,
palms, banana trees, almonds, sugar
cane and tomato farms.
The city of Las Palmas (capital
of the province) offers all the at-
tractions of a great city, with
first class hotels, night clubs with
international attractions, a lively
social life and a full schedule of
festivals and celebrations through-
out the year.
While in Las Palmas, a visit to
the old Vegueta district is a must
to see ancient mansions with
artistically decorated patios and
balconies plus important monuments.
In Doramas Park, there is a
corner known as the Pueblo Canario
where you can see exhibitions of
popular dances and songs. If you
like swimming, fishing or just
plain relaxing in the sun, the
magnificent Las Canteras Beach,
nearly three miles long has an
ideal temperature throughout the
year.
For sports entertainment, there
are tennis and jai-alai courts,
shooting ranges and magnificent
golf courses. Traditional sports
include cock-fighting, single-stick
fighting and Canaries wrestling.
The chief handicrafts of the
Canary Islands are drawn-work and
embroidery in which the women of
the Canaries have developed not
only great skill but also excellent
taste.
Traditional pottery is also of
great interest as well as wicker-
work, in which palm fronds, cane
and reeds are used. Delicate wood-
carvings are also produced.
LISBON
Those of you going to Lisbon
this month are in for a treat.
Lisbon is a warm, beautiful, smoke-
less city, surrounded by beaches
and filled with history. It offers
the visitor every kind of water
sport---sailing, skindiving, water-
skiing and fishing. Or just relax
on the beautiful golden sands. A-
way from the beaches enjoy golf,
tennis and riding.
Lisbon also has a variety of
nightly entertainment. There are
theaters, cinemas, night club shows,
bullfights, fado and other forms of
folk singing and dancing, together
with casinos, the nearest being-in
Estoril, a beach resort about 15
miles from Lisbon.
The city of Lisbon is a trea-
sure trove for sightseers. Museums
are particular attractions, but
there are many other sightseeing
places as well. Among the best
known ones are the Jeronimos Abbey,
the Tower of Belem, the Monument
to the Discoveries, the Basilica of
Estrela, the ruins of the Carmo
Monastery and St. George*s Castel.
Fresh fish and shellfish are
used in many menu items in Portu-
guese cuisine which is also noted
for its fresh fruits and vegetables,
excellent sweets and desserts,
quality meats and coffee that's
thought by some conniseurs tb be
the best in the world.
Some specialties include: Cal-
do Verde, soup of potatoes and
cabbage; Caldeirada a Fragateira,
fish soup resembling Bouillabaisse;
Lagosta Assada, broiled lobster
with a spicy sauce; Cozida a Portu-
guesa, beef and port boiled with
various vegetables, sausages, etc.
What to shop for: The Portu-
guese are craftsmen unsurpassed
when it comes to making anything
and everything of cork. Gold and
silver jewelry is also superb as
well as the traditionally patterned
ceramics and leathergoods.
Port wine may be purchased at
bargain prices, and homemade cotton
and lace textiles make worthwhile
souvenirs.
Did you
know that?
The former Presidential yacht,
Sequoia, was named indirectly af-
ter the Cherokee Indian chief who
invented Cherokee alphabet. His
name also applied to the giant
trees of California and to the
oil company which owned the yacht
before it became Presidential
property.
The most famous of the Bermuda
Triangle disappearances was that
of U. S. Navy Training Flight 19.
Five planes and 14 men vanished
in that area Dec. 5, 1945. For
weeks the Navy searched for the
missing planes without success.
To top it off, one of the search
planes failed to return as well.
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Captain Thomas J. Keene
Editor and Public
Affairs Officer
J02 Jerry L. Foster
Editorial Staff
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AA Karen Mayo
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