Cap D'Agde is on the "cap" of the town of Agde. The town itself has about 10,000 residents, but in the height of the summer Cap, the naturist resort, can have as many as 40,000 people.
There is no need to leave the "village", as it is called. We had planned to go back out to the supermarket we spotted down the road, but when we realized that within our own apartment complex, just downstairs, there was a supermarket, a very good butcher/salad/cheese shop, a greengrocer, 2 wine shops, 2 bakeries, a nightclub and more, there just didn't seem to be any point in having to put clothes on and leave the village!
It's great to have our own cooking facilities, and our location was chosen because the balcony gets sun most of the day and until the sun goes down. Possibly a mistake as it is quite windy so we can't put the awning out too far and Graham has already retreated inside!
This is a view from our balcony of the apartment complex - one of the smaller ones. The shops are under the green area, and the pool and bars are in the middle.
This is the view looking the opposite direction, with some of the port in view. The beach is about 400m behind us.
We spent the first couple of days familiarizing ourselves with the village. The beach is gorgeous and goes on forever. It is full of hundreds of naked people of all shapes and sizes and various shades of white/pink/brown. The wind dropped a little each day, and the temperature so far has varied from 22 to 30 degrees on our balcony - in the shade. Right now it is Saturday 2pm and the temperature is 29 degrees. We are in the shade along with the thermometer!
We've also realized that this is the first time on our holiday (and in case you need reminding, over 2 months now), that we have several days when we can wake up without a plan for the day! We have begun to read the books we bought in Auckland. A lovely relaxing time.
;-) Ann-a-Gram
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