As you head south from Amiens towards Paris, the countryside becomes broad and flat - agricultural, though not rustic. BEAUVAIS , 60km south of Amiens, seems to fit into this landscape. Rebuilt, like Amiens, after the last world war, it's a drab, neutral place redeemed only by its radiating Gothic cathedral, the Cathédrale St-Pierre , which rises above the town, its roof, unadorned by tower or spire, seeming squat for all its height. It is a building that pe... [More]