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May 23, 2005 - France -- Dordogne
Day 50 - Mon May 23 to Beynac (Dordogne) (Chris) Finally a sleep-in day, then we drove out toward Beynac, almost due South. The first stretch of road was fast, and the 2nd not so fast. About 2/3 of the way to Beynac, we stopped off at Oradour sur Glaine, which is a memorial for the ~600 victims of a brutal Nazi massacre. Just after D-Day on June 10, as the Allies were approaching, Nazi SS troops rounded up the entire population of this French village and executed them. Men, women, children, seniors, babies... they were all killed. The women...
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- Agen
- Amou
- Arcachon
- Artiguillon
- Bayonne
- Beaumont-du-Perigord
- Belvès
- Berdot
- Bergerac
- Biarritz
- Biscarosse-Plage
- Bordeaux
- Cadillac
- Cancon
- Cap-Ferret
- Castelsarrasin Vieux Bourg
- Contis
- Créon
- Dax
- Domme
- Duras
- France
- Hossegor
- La Plage
- La Roque-Gageac
- Lacanau
- Lacanau-Océan
- Langon
- Laruns
- Le Puy
- Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
- Libourne
- Margaux
- Marmande
- Maynage
- Messanges
- Mimizan
- Monflanquin
- Montignac
- Nérac
- Oloron-Sainte-Marie
- Parentis-en-Born
- Pau
- Périgueux
- Pissos
- Saint-Cyprien
- Saint-Émilion
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz
- Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
- Saint-Macaire
- Saint-Nazaire
- Sainte-Terre
- Sanguinet
- Sarlat
- Sarlat-la-Caneda
- Vertheuil
- Villeneuve-sur-Lot
- Vitrac
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