The Idiot, who spent twenty years walking around the Mediterranean Sea to produce his trilogy of The Idiot and the Odyssey travel narratives, spent his first night on the path in January 1998 at a Cistercian monastery on a Mediterranean island. A couple weeks later he was sleeping with lots of naked men, women and children at the world’s largest nudist colony in Cap d’Agde, France.
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The Idiot spent his first night on the MedTrek in January 1998 with monks at the Abbaye des Lérins off Cannes, France.

The Idiot regularly visits a nearby fortified monastery when he’s sleeping with monks on Saint Honorat island off Cannes, France.

A view of the Mediterranean Sea from the fortified monastery on Saint Honorat island.

The Idiot follows a group of visiting nuns around Saint Honorat island during his stay at the Cistercian monastery.

A view of the fortified monastery during an Idiotic walk around Saint Honorat island off Cannes, France.

The Idiot revisited the monastery in 2009 to read the chapter about the monastery in The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean to the monks.

The Idiot arrives at the beach along the world’s largest nudist colony in Cap d’Agde, France.

Where did The Idiot put his pedometer when he walked through the world’s largest nudist colony in Cap d’Agde, France?

A naked Idiot approaches the world’s largest nudist colony in Cap d’Agde, France.

The Idiot arrives at the world’s largest nudist colony and is instructed to “Live Like Us – Undress Yourself.”

The Idiot walks on the nudist beach at Cap d’Agde, France.
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