The gentle-paced region of Gers in Southern France is a soothing delight for the soul

By MAX DAVIDSON Small is beautiful: Gers' charm comes not from what it has to offer, but a blissful tranquility that's hard to find Gers is one of the sleepiest areas of France. There's not a single motorway running through it. You wake to birdsong, not the rumble of juggernauts. Airport? There is no airport. Nightclubs? What nightclubs? All that disturbs the peace of an evening is the tolling of