Hale (DD 642) - Naval Cruise Book

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But all in all he thought the high point of the tour was the aud- ience the Pope gave in St. Peters. The beauty of the ceremony is hard to describe, photograph. hope you can get a little of what I mean by this mm Aj j jflTj j ♦4HGW 1 1 - lUUKu u, if., n iff i. . v ■}n ty.

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Hitting the Riviera after the tourist season is quite a difference from the crazy times they have in the summer. You couldn t go swimming unless you had ice water in your viens. Boating was out, and the resort hotels were empty. Quite a surprise and pleasant difference was the per- fume saleswoman that came aboard. I won t say for sure that it was the smell of the perfume or her good looks, but I bet she sold enough per- fume to fill both of Chico ' s shoes. Golfe Juan was just a small village from which you could easily branch out to any of the other Riviera towns. There is Cannes, Menton, Ville Franche, but most of the gang ended up at Nice, the largest of them all.