For all who replied to my previous post about how to see Oradour sur Glane - here's a new idea!
I was going to go Amboise>Limoges>Bordeaux. I was only going to Limoges to see Oradour sur Glane.
It was going to be two trains to Limoges, two nights in a hotel in Limoges and then either try to make the bus work our or pay for a cab to take us and wait for us. When I priced the cab, it was at least $100, plus the hotel, plus the train...not to mention all the time and effort involved in the transfer.
And so I gave up.
I took those nights and I gave them to Bordeaux, thinking I'd do a day trip during my 6 nights in Bordeaux. I stumbled upon a trip to Angouleme, which looked interesting for its comic book museum, its paper museum and for the buildings freely emblazoned with comic book art.
When I looked at the train connections, I noticed it's only a 30 minute ride from Bordeaux - because it's on the fast line from Paris. And then, I noticed there are lots of tour operators in the area - which I could not find for Limoges. The tour operators seem to do cognac tours and wine tours.
I reached out to one and they will take us from Angouleme to Oradour sur Glane (only 50 miles!!), wait for us, and then take us back to the train station. Price? 200 Euros. Pricey, but there's two of us so we can split the cost. And it's way cheaper and simpler than the other plan.
I've searched a ton online for easy ways to get to Oradour sur Glane when you don't drive in Europe and there's very little so I thought I'd share this plan. It's a site that we really want to visit and this new plan makes the effort level more reasonable.
Hope this helps someone else:)