This episode takes us to the beautiful old town of Bergerac where we decided to spend a couple of days off the bike. When we booked this B+B we knew it was going to be an interesting place, being built in the 1500s, and it certainly was! It was full of character and very spooky. The location was perfect right in the centre, the downside being a lack of secure parking. We had a great time unwinding and sight seeing including a trip down the Dordogne River. A highly recommended place to stay.
After our two day break we headed further North to a much anticipated visit to the village of Oradour-Sur-Glane. This village was the subject of an appalling atrocity only four days after D Day in World War Two, when the SS murdered 643 people including 193 children and burned the village. Its remains stand today as a permanent reminder and memorial. It was a very moving and sombre experience to finish the day but a place people should visit and we should never forget what happened there.
Accommodation:- Le Colombier de Cyrano Et Roxanne 2 Nights £261.99 (Booking.com)
The Route:- La Reole – Bergerac – Perigeux – Thiviers – Oradour-Sur-Glane
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29 Comments
En España existe un lugar parecido, Belchite, cerca de Zaragoza, donde el ejército republicano y el fascista lucharon en una feroz batalla durante varios días en la guerra civil. Nunca se reconstruyó. La bestialidad humana siempre sorprende.
That must have been one of the worst atrocities of the war. The SS were animals.
Great video keep up the good work guys
Copy cats.
I've been everywhere you've been on this trip and I've enjoyed reliving it.
Thanks.
I've visited this place twice, and found it a very emotional experience, it truly shows the depravity that men are capable of, one act of karma, a few days after the massacre one of the Germans in charge lost his head, in northern France. As sad as the place is, I think it's right that it's been left as was for people to see
Im glad you covered this topic as we must never forget, motorurev on YouTube covered this in depth and the locals found another person years later. It was the hand of a little girl , her mother recognised the girls hand. They put the hand in a glass coffin so people can view it . I don’t think you could ever get over something like this .
Thank you guys that was a difficult video to film ❤
I’ve been there a very moving place🥲🙏
Was there 40 years ago a nd again June 1st 2024. Can't imagine the horror of that fateful day.
Another enjoyable vlog but then a very sad ending, the world should never forget the atrocities the Germans carried out in Europe.
Great video. 👍
Whilst staying in an old cottage in Cornwall in April…..01:30hrs the tv upstairs switched itself on……. totally understand creepy lol
What an impressive video, the beauty of France and the atrocities of war all in one , taking me on a emotional rollercoaster . As an American living in Germany, I am constantly aware of history , as well as being a child of war-era parents. My father landed on Utah beach 1944 and was later a prisoner of war in one of the worst prison camps (Stalag 9B) in Bad Orb Germany. May we never forget. Thank you Brian and Sue for the reality check and providing us with yet another wonderful video. By the way, I am married to a German woman ,living in Berlin. I must say, the Germans (most) have dealt with their dark past.
Greetings, Jim
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Just WOW!!!!!!
Thanks for the video and ride along
#lestweforget A harrowing experience to visit but one that everyone should try to. Two years after our visit I still remember the total calm, the lack of birs singing, and that strange feeling you get, like walking on the spirits of those massacred.. 😢
Loved that folks! Great Friday night viewing. I’m looking to do France next year so I appreciate this fabulous insight. Loving your series. 👌🏍️🎥
Many countries / empires have a dark past… and history should never be forgotten.. but I think the modern Germany is fantastic.
Great to see, I was literally just at the Tobacco Museum you rode past 9 days ago. I presume you guys were a few weeks back at it was roasting when we were there. Bergerac was a very lovely city, reminded me of the very best places in the UK like Salisbury and Shrewsbury which I’m sure you’ve both visited in the past. It was small enough to walk the whole thing, in contrast to Bordeaux which was horrible!! Seeing the end of the video was very sobering, I had no idea that a French town was liquidated by the SS after D Day. I visited Auschwitz in February and this was another parallel with that, it’s just impossible to process.
I have been there, so emotional
Terribly sad, those poor people. It was Das Reich Division that did it. The SS were fanatics…i visited Volary cemetry and seen there also their sheer brutality and complete inhumanity…we should never ever forget these poor people who were massacred here and they will never be forgotten.
We enjoyed the video. The B&B certainly looked quirky, but the bike parking would have made us nervous. We spotted many French village names turned upside-down on our two day excursion into France.
We were aware of the atrocities that occurred in the French village. It's hard to believe people can be so savage. It's good the French have kept it as a permanent reminder 'lest we forget'.
Carol & I visited Auschwitz when we were in Poland. I still struggle to understand how the Germans perpetrated such atrocities.
Another great video, thanks for sharing ❤ greetz Erwin
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I was not familiar with Oradour as an American. Thank you for showing it to me. Cannot imagine how horrific it must have been.
Thanks for a thought-provoking episode. Whenever one of your videos pops up in my Subscriptions feed, it lightens my mood. Also thanks for the tour of the martyrs village. Those who forget history… Thanks again.
For anyone interested, opposite bank from the big sign & barge embarkation is parkland & municipal camping site. I have stayed twice on biking tours.
Lovely looking place Bergerac 🏴, it was terrible what the Germans did at that time they were Animals in the war , unfortunately the world is going down the same road again with so many countries at war , we’ve not learnt from the past from the appalling atrocities made during war,
Could I suggest if you intend to return to Bergerac, try the Hotel de France on Gambetta, lovely hotel with pool in the rear, plenty of parking and really good breakfast, we've stayed there twice this year/
Great video. But very sad too. We just don't learn from the past. As we do on the 11/ of November. We will remember them. God bless them all.