Oradour near Limoges is an incredibly moving experience being a town that in 1944 was basically wiped out by German forces during their retreat in ww2 in a barbaric act that saw the slaughter of some 650 men, women and children.
The town has been preserved as it was left as a memorial and the walk down it's tram track lined streets with ruined buildings and burnt out cars is an unforgettable reminder of the horrors of war.
200kms further on we reached our destination of Carennac in the Dordogne and what an amazing entry to the village it was stepping back in time with 15th c buildings lit up by the towns night lights.
Our 3 storey house hidden down a narrow alleyway was also 15th C with exposed leaning timbers, bedrooms that were on various slopes and our own medieval toilet as a display piece.
This was so perfect (apart from the fact that we had only 3 beds for 5 people and there was no way I was sleeping with KH) a look out of our back door entry had us all believing we'd been transported back to medieval times with hardly a sound from anywhere except our own creaking floor boards!
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| Our 15th Century accommodation in Carennac |
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