A way point, on our way to vacation in Brittany, we stopped at Beauvais to help break up the drive, and to avoid driving through Paris.  Northern France is the first place we've been in Europe that reminds us of Michigan, meaning it's pretty flat. But there are fields and fields stretching on forever of green and yellow. The traffic was non existent, although the tolls for this glorious hassle free driving were a surprise.  |
| Église Saint Etienne |
We found a Thai restaurant to practice our poor french language skills, but were successful in securing Jim a vegan meal before wandering the city.
An old carousel in the pedestrian area felt like it had seen some history. Église Saint Etienne was beautiful in its ancient stone walls and flying buttresses, imbuing a calm to the surrounding area.
Our hotel is very close to La Cathedral St. Pierre, the most famous cathedral in Beauvais. At first we walked around the outside and found it surrounded by a protective fence due to pieces of the church shedding huge chunks of itself onto the earth. It was a little creepy scary and until I went inside had the impression that the cathedral is not being well maintained.
And maybe it's not, but the inside was remarkable in it's beauty, vastness, and uniqueness.
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| Looking up from one of the massive ends |
Tomorrow we head for Dinan, where we will stay for four nights before heading to our ocean getaway at the eastern end of the region.
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