From: "david fleming" <david.fleming@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: rec.nude
Subject: european beaches
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:00:46 EST
Reply-To: "david fleming" <david.fleming@canrem.com>
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 TAHANI STICPEWICH 
                                             
                                              
 My fiance & I are going to go to Europe for our honeymoon.  We're 
 planning to go just after the high season ends (Sept. 15,         
 right?). We'd like to start out our trip with a week or 10 days   
 of swimming and lying around in the sun somewhere gorgeous.  (We  
 then plan to spend a couple of weeks bopping around southern      
 Europe and a week or so in England.)                              
                                                                   

 

        It was in '85 when my wife and I went to France. We rented
        a car from here and picked it up in Paris after staying there
        for 2 days.  We did a circle tour, going to Mt. Saint Michael,
        then straight down to Andora in the Pyrenees. We went on to
        Barcelona after a stop to see the Black Madonna at a mountain
        monestary.  Spectacular scenery there.  We camped south of
        Barcelona at the third large campground.  It has a large
        outdoor bar, movies, store on site, with buses to the local
        disco.

        We went on to France, by hugging the coastal road, never took
        the super highways, and never regretted it.  The scenery is
        much more interesting and local and the driving again,
        puts California's Highway to shame.

        To keep this short, two places were notable. First, Cape
        D'Edge (Cap-Dad) for full nudist, is a nudist town right
        on the Mediteranian.  We were still a bit shy, so we went
        down the road a small bit further and came back along a
        back road, close to the beach, where there is a string
        of campgrounds. Chose the last one at the end of the dirt
        road, its the oldest and best because of the beautiful
        tall trees and shade that they give.  I hope its still
        there, its been 7 years. When you go down to the beach,
        you will see a sign saying 'Cloths optional' to the east,
        going toward Cape D'Edge.(meaning total nudity). To the
        west, as on all French beaches, it's normally topless,
        (usually about 50/50 topless).

        Another notable place, if you want a city beach, is the
        long beach at Cannes because it's sandy and the street
        is only 4 lanes, compared to Nice which is a busy 6 lane
        street and the beach is gravely.  We also had our car
        broken into on the main downtown boulevard. Get a car
        with a trunk and put EVERYTHING there.  It costs more
        it you intend to rent, but worth the precaution.  Pick
        up postcards, in case your pictures are stolen and keep
        your exposed rolls in a totally different place than
        your camera.

        Look for a Nudist Guide book, and go to a place in the
        Mountains, there's one not too far from Nice called
        L'Orangan (approximate spelling). A nice way to break
        into nudism.

        We took the super highway straight back to Paris for
        our flight back, after 24 unforgetable days starting
        the last week of June, till the middle of July, just
        before the high season, when, I heard, that EVERYTHING
        is booked, including the campgrounds. Nearly EVERYONE,
        goes on holiday for 6 weeks, at that time. It's very
        common for nearly everyone to have 4 to 5 weeks holiday,
        not this 2 week crap that is common in the US and Canada.

        Tell us everything about your trip when you come back!
        And have a happy holiday.<grin>

        Dave.....TGS member(Glen Echo Park, Toronto)



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