Grand Canyon (AD 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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tiful scenery (in more ways than one). Along the boulevards one met the tourist, the thief, tlie bathing beauty, the aetor. the painter, the sad, the wise, the beautiful, and the ugly. Play- ing over the entire scene was a light of gaiety. We cannot forget the other spots on the Riviera which we. like all tourists, found. There was ila.Kim ' s, the Casino, in Cannes, and the beaches and clubs of J uin les Pins. Golfe Juan. Antibes, Nice, and Monte Carlo. The Plantation. The Monte Cristo and several other nights clubs in Nice are familiar to more than a few of us. On the Promenade in Cannes. uxm «i We arrivt in time for the Festival of Flow= ers. The liberty was ne er better. Visiting Cannes during the Winter. Spring, and early .Summer ottered several unusual op- portunities. Among other things we enjoyed skiing, swimming, picnicing, and the festivals. The ilimosa Festival in Cannes and MardiGras in Nice offered color, beauty, confetti, and ticker tape. Several divisions found their way to the beach clubs for an afternoon of swimming, sail- ing volleyball and beer (Danish variety). Perhaps. Cannes was the nicest port which we visited. We shall not forget the people or their town. They made us welcome and they made us their friends.

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So this is the Riviera? Away the Liberty Party. CANNES The Riviera, or as it is called by the French. La Cote D ' Aziir (meaning land of sun- shine), extends from Cannes to Menton — a dis- tance of about twenty-five miles. What a festival of color is this southern coast of France ! Here one finds a brick-red. mountainous baek- grround interspersed with evergreen. Each city is not without its cool appearing palms, multi- colored villas and stately hotels. Bordering the coast with its crescent shaped beaches is the shimmering, clear ilediterrauean. Here is the setting for a world playground. The City of Cannes is truly such a place — the heart of the Riviera ; playground for million- aires and beggars, alike. We found it much as the travelogues would describe it and could not have been more fascinated. Cannes ofi ered beaches, bikinis, and beau- There are other sailors in the Ated, too.

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While on tlie Riviera, we visited Paris. Three million gay people, the Arc de Tri- umph, the Eitfel Tower, Opera Comique, Shalimar perfume, ( artier Silver, the side- walk cafe, the Folies Bergere. I ' ieasso ' s, IMoutemarte, Latin (Quarter, Sorl)oinii ' , Ver- sailles, Noi ' te Dame, the Mona Lisa, the Ritz, Pig:alle — this is Paris. Paris offers the tourist the complete, the ultimate in everytliinji:. The dizzy iieights of the Eiffel Tower; the naujihty Follies; the Rue Blauclie; the Piyalle district; crepe suz- ettes at .Maxims f ir Twenty dollars a plate; hot tlofi ' s and hamhurj ' ers at Tom ' s Har-B-( . You see the whole world with all her jicople, yet you never h-ave home; .von travel evci ' v- wliei ' e, yet you have hai ' dly mo i ' d a foot. This is Paris. We toured the Left Bank. ' isitcd the Sorboune, enjoyed the Lati n Quarter. In Paris we found the heai ' t of Kur i])e; the fi:ayest city in the woiid ; the most sincere people. Of La Femme we can only say Ou La La! This was Paris, and when we left to return to duty a iain, we were more than jiist slightly sad. It was a tour, and yet something more.