Day 31 Saturday market & beach walk

Our timing was great - hit 2 Saturday markets while here. Love them - amazing colours, smells, sounds - great vibe. The one by our place closed last Saturday, but the one in front of the new commercial complex is even more active & picturesque.

We picked up enough fresh fruits & veggies for our final week here, then Peter went to the local Carrefour and picked up veggie couscous - so dinner was simple & delish.

After lunch we headed to our bike shop - La Ballade des Gens Heureux - in Le Grau d’Agde to extend our rentals for 3 more days. Biking is really the way to go - so much more mobility and a chance to pause anywhere - plus get lost and explore more than you intended.

We were curious to know if the bridge we couldn’t cross yesterday was accessible from the sea side, so biked back along l’Hérault river. Simple answer - no. Content we’d solved that mystery, we headed to the beach.

The beaches at Le Grau d’Agde are by far the best we’ve seen - miles & miles of sand and few people. Perhaps Saïd’s beau frére was right when he said buy now - Agde, although not part of the Côte d’Azur, will soon be “ the place to be.”

Walking along the beach for about 2 hours, we saw a couple of lovely homes - no doubt more to come. We paused for drinks on the promenade, then biked back in relatively timely good time - for us.

A nice change of pace from our long bike rides.Read more