Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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iMillionaire's playground ,The French Riviera . , . world Tamous TourisT paradise . . . playground oT millionaires . . . home oT some oT The world's mosT skillTul pracTicioners oT The arT OT separaTing a man and his money...The place ThaT made The word Bikini more Tamous Than The ATom Bomb TesTs . . . Trom SainT Raphael in The wesT To MenTon in The easT, a beauTiTul, broad, gay, crazy sTrip oT liTe as iT was meanT To be lived. lT's all The Things we've always dreamed abouT Trom Tive Thousand miles away-slowly sipping a Tall, cool drink in a colorful sidewalk caTe, looking ouT across The deep blue, seemingly endless waTers-Taking a long, leisurely sTroll along The boardwalk promenade, under The genTly sway- ing palm Trees, pasT The ornaTe, plush hoTels housing The world's richesT and greaTesT people, lisTening To The waTer genTly lapping up on The sand as The Tide comes in-spend ing a lazy aTTernoon lying in The sun on a broad, wide beach, covered Trom end To end wiTh beauTiTul, brieTly clad liTTle 118 -1563? ...--..-L.: vw.-in ,.,,..,,.. .,.. .. J,-L.-,ii AND THE French girls-iusT relaxing under a cloud-doTTed sky and leTTing The world swirl by aT iTs dizzying conTusing paw- You hear The names oT a dozen Towns along The Riviera: Cannes, Nice, GolTe Juan, SainT Jean, AnTibes, Juan leS Pins, Mania Carlo, SainT Raphael, Cagnes-and yeT. lhefe really are no Towns on The Riviera, iT's all one greaT Bred. an area ThaT is probably as close To being an inTernaTiOHGl seTTlemenT as any like iT anywhere. You can Travel ll'Om one end To The oTher and never leave The sighT oT The beau- TiTul privaTe villas, clinging To The sides oT The mounTains or hanging pirecariously ouT over The sea. Always beneaTh yOU or in TronT of you will be The whiTe sTreTches oT Tine sand beaches. And behind and above, The Towering mounTains. From The lookouT aT La Tourbie, high along The Grande Corniche, The green slopes and valleys sTreTch ouTbeneaTl1 You-and Tabulous lvlonTe Carlo wiTh iTs world TamOUS Ca'