Lowry (DD 770) - Naval Cruise Book

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l4Js»m= C-A.3srisrES The tourist season was in full swing and the weather was perfect for the beaches when the Lowry dropped anchor at Cannes. We would have about a week to soak up the sun while rubbing elbows with the millionaires of Europe. There were opportunities to tour the French Riviera and see Nice and Monaco. Some of us even tryed our luck in the famous casino of Monte Carlo, but no one broke the bank. We returned to Cannes later in our tour to spend the Christmas Holidays. In our two visits we had gotten to know Cannes and we were sad to leave it for the second time. Most of us will never forget Cannes and when the movies talk of spending the winter on the Riviera, there v ill be a smile on our faces as we think of our winter on the French Riviera. The beach, what else? 16 r »:

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Anybody for a drink? ]B-A. I CELOrsT-A. After several days of some of the worst weather we had experienced in the Med., the Lowry steamed into the busy harbor of Barcelona. We would have ten days in Spain ' s second largest city and before we left, all would agree that it was the best liberty port in the Med. Up and down the Rambla, the stores stayed open until ten and then the nightclubs took over until four in the morning. We would shop till ten buying mantillas, castanets, and boots and then we would go to Panams, the Dancing Colon, or the Emporium until the end of liberty. On Sunday we went to the bullfights to watch the Novicero fight El Tore. We were sad when the time to leave came, but our sorrow was short lived when we heard that the Lowry would again stop in Barcelona in two months. The Lowry returns 18