Click here for today's pictures. Apologies for there being so many -- it takes time to edit.
Staying in Beauvais, it was obvious to begin with the famous Cathedral St. Pierre. Beauvais wanted to be the little town that could -- build the tallest Gothic cathederal, that is. When Amiens built its vaults 42 meters high, Beauvais decided to build to 48 meters. This was not wise as it went beyond the limits of Medieval engineering, In 1258 the vaulting collapsed. In 1573 the 153 meter tall spire also came down. Today only the choir stands and it now heavily braced.
The pictures begin with St. Pierre and the area of town around it, then I went to the tapestry museum, then another of the local churches -- the name of which I've forgotten and will have to insert later, then it was back to the Oise Museum, near the cathedral, then off to St. Lazare Medieval Leper's hospital, and finally a short road trip to Amiens to see its cathedral and to climb 302 stairs to the top.
Tomorrow its off to Charles De Gaulle airport to pick up Kathryn and Elizabeth -- finally someone to talk to other than the GPS -- with which I have a love/hate relationship -- she annoys me constantly, but I can't get along without her. Actually the title picture today reminds me of her.
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