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a Things began to look up when, with some degree of m d t A 'd blimty asked. . . Just what's what? He blithely replied, . .. ''O0h,ei?1sit,ucii1dIi'eiLsli1i3fi'Voa1?t gfthem, 1t's expected in France. In several cases however, French custom to the enntrary, wrinkled uniforms and civvies were in evidence the following morning. Unfortunately we .missed much of the beauty of the French countryside by traveling at night. Paris greeted us with rain which was about the only thing Paris had to offer that was both inexpensive and plentiful. Our party separated to two excellent Paris hotels, where we were greeted with open arms and breakfast was waiting. That was surprise number two to many who discovered what a continental breakfast consisted of. The nice little hotels broke out their extra special American Tourist Wine Lists and proceeded to charge prices for the extras comparable to the famed Maxim's . Unfortunately no tour leaves adequate time to truly enjoy all the landmarks of a city, but in two days, most of our party managed to see a good portion of the 'sights we all have read and heard about and seen many times in the movies or magazines. Among those best remembered were: the Eiffel Tower, the Palais de Chaillot, the Arc de Triomphe with its simple eternal flame in memory of the Unknown Soldier, the broad Champs Elysees, Place de la Concorde, Jardin Des Tuileries, the Seine cutting the city into Left and Right Banks, the magnificent Louvre which would take days to stroll through, the quiet Eglise de la Madeleine and the immense Notre Dame in contrast, the Pantheon, the Place de la Bastille, the Sorbonne, the Bourse, the Pont Alexandre III or as our guide called it, Alex- andre Number Three, the Quai D'Orsay, the Rue de la Paix and the Montmartre. Our evenings were free and we made the most of them. Several attended the opera, ballets, concerts, movies and plays. The others told the truth and went to Pigalle, center of the night club district where a bottle of champagne at 51313.00 was the price of admission, or to the smaller clubs on the Left Bank where prices were lO'ff of those in Pigalle, Still others believed the screaming advertisements and went on a busman's holiday . . . A tour of Paris by Night. The gala tour through four of the better night clubs consisted of one good club with an excellent show and three others apparently designed just for the sucker. Most everyone managed to see the Folies Bergere and no words could ade- quately describe that show. The staging, settings, costumes and showmanship were excellent and equalled anything most of us had ever seen previously. The several scenes featuring French chorus girls in typical costume, or rather lack of costume, were also beautiful but in a slightly different manner. During the daylight hours, those of us who didn't sleep off the nights before, were impressed by the beauty of the city. We found ample. opportunity to walk for hours along the Left Bank shops, through the vast fruit and vegetablelinar- kteii along the famed streets and of course snap innumerable pictures of the City 0 ight. Despite the weather, which of course we can always talk about, and the ex- orbitant prices, Paris was well worth seeing and a place to which all of us would like someday to return. by Lt. AJ. Jacobson 3 November . . . The rough seas, whipped up by a westerly wind, which have hampered boat- ing' at Cannes still persist today as we sail toward Toulon 'to Join up with the rest of the amphibious attack force at Rade d'Hyeres as Exercise LONG STEP beglgg
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