Blogs from Bergerac, Aquitaine, France, Europe

Bergerac and the worst news ever about the passing of our Queen After leaving the Chateau we are on the road again, this time to Bergerac and guess what not a bad journey with Goose using the Sat Nav and you guessed it the trusty old map. Now whenever I think of Bergerac I think of the TV programme where there were murders so it’s good that Goose is getting better at navigating otherwise who knows what would happen - there could be a new big patio next to the motorhome and no sight of Goose! Whilst driving I get the alert that we need some AdBlue - well this motorhome seems to drink AdBlue as if there’s no tomorrow and we are forever filling it up or so it appears. So we stop at a ... read more

What a lovely day we have had. We were invited to visit friends for a long leisurely lunch at their gite in Lamonzie, near Bergerac. When I say friends we had never actually met but had been talking to each other on Facebook for 2 1/2 years as we are both sellers on the same online platform. Such a pleasure to find we got on really well and our husbands hit it off right away too. Lunch was on the patio, in the shade as it was Hot and lunch was perfect, salad and cheese and all sorts of lovely French nibbles. Then it was pool time and have to say the rest of the day was spent in and around the pool, swimming, chatting and keeping cool. Had a pretty amusing hour which I will ... read more

Geo: 44.8533, 0.48295We had the choice of going to Saint-Emilion or Bergerac and has we had never been to Bergerac we chose that tour. It is a lovely small town on the river with tudor type houses in the oldest part. There are two statues of Cyrano de Bergerac despite the fact that he was never there and took his name from the Chateau Bergerac owned by his parents. There is also a tobacco museum as the place used to be really into growing tobacco. We didn't go to this, instead we wandered around and came across a delightful shop selling Pate de Fois and Montbasillac which we tasted before buying. On the river there are special flat bottomed boats because the river is so tidal the boats have to cope with high and low tides. ... read more

Today we went to the charming town of Bergerac. The ride to this town on the motor coach was about 1 1/2 hours which seemed like a long journey. About 30 minutes in we stopped for a 'technical stop' or 'happy stop' or 'Water closet' or restroom...we thought the technical stop was quite funny. Upon our arrival we were given a walking tour by our guide. Quite a bit of history over the centuries with war between French and the English and then the Christians and the Protestants. After our walking tour, we head to a restaurant that Susan made reservations for lunch. We walked a few short blocks and located the restaurant, L'Imparfait restaurant. We were seated outside under an umbrella and the matre d' pulled out the chalk board with the 3 course pre ... read more

Going for six days to Bordeaux, I wanted to see something more. Thus, I decided to check out Bergerac two hours train ride from Bordeaux and into the countryside. Bergerac is perhaps most known for the famous poet Cyrano de Bergerac, who though very adept in the art of poetry himself has become popular culture through Edmond Rostand's story of him and his big nose. Even more famous after Gerard Depardieu played him in the 1990 movie Cyrano de Bergerac. But Cyrano de Bergerac's actual life didn't really involve the drame of falling in love with his cousin and being embarrased by the size of his nose, though he might have had an affair with her. The town of Bergerac is a middlesized French town with approximately 28000 inhabitants many of which are English. It is ... read more