From the postcards written on my leave to the French Riviera in January 1919
     January 4th:  Left Allerey at 8:30 a.m. arriving at Chalon a half-hour later.  Waited there for the 3 p.m. train from Paris.  Fortunate in securing corridors.  Train packed from Lyon on, many officers standing in the corridors.  Had a good dinner on the train at 6 o'clock.  A waiter goes through the train in the afternoon handing out tickets so you will know at which series you will get a seat in the dining car.  We travel first class and pay ¼ fare which means 33 francs from Allerey to Nice.  Train was late.  We reached Marseille at 5 a.m. very tired.  Went to a hotel, had a tub bath and breakfast, then a street car ride along the coast and had our first view of the Mediterranean, a very stormy one as it was raining and a strong wind blowing.  Many beautiful villas facing the sea.  Took the train at 11:30. Again were fortunate at getting seats while many stood.  A canteen worker for the Red Cross, Miss Muse, in the compartment and officers.  Reached Nice at 7 a.m. and went to Luxemburg Annex, had dinner and went to bed.  The Riviera full of Americans.


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