Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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ln olcl Provence Beyond The Riviera lies a TascinaTing region oT bold mounTains and Medieval Towns . . . noT as exciTing as The CoasT. buT cerTainly as beauTiTul. This Alpine counTry was once The TronTier oT The Roman Empire, and some oT iTs Tiny, walled Towns Trace Their hisTory baclc To Those bygone days. The ragged mounTain Terrain, coupled wiTh The quainT appearance oT The old Towns, presenTed views ThaT we will long remember. Those oT us who are phoTography hounds Tound ourselves wiTh innumerable ideal shoTs-casTles and TorTs narrow winding sTreeTs waTerTalls loTTy peaks and ST Paul anclenT walls survey The valleys

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4 4 , lf, f 4 -. -'Af-7 l 5' l ff 4 'lb ' l 'Z l Ag Q f ry I , 'Nm f 'ww l. 'M 2 ,G i i Z:-I' in' ff! h -ri V' wi W x ,.,. ,h ,i r ak' , .l V 5 Yachfs full-dressed for Basfille Day l This was really living! On our lasl nighl in perl, Cannes observed Baslille Day, ancl The cily senl up a magnilicenl display of fireworks ancl brighl lighls. From ship ancl shore we walched lhe dazzling y celebralion of Frances greafesl clay, a clramalic climax lo our final call af Cannes. Old Cannes by nigh+ V The beach! The beach! i i :E ll ,, 5 l l l

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gaping clmasrns. We loslr no lime in capluring Jrlwese scenes willw our cameras. To mosl of us The Riviera will bring baclc memories of sunny beaclwes and bronzed beaulies, bulr olhers are sure 'ro recall llwose infriguing fours info Hue Marilime Alps . . . beyond Jrlie Riviera.