I asked Nika if it felt like we were in Europe?

April 20, 2012
I asked Nika if it felt like we were in Europe?  We batted it around for a bit while we were walking around and then came to basically the City Center of Haarlem and  The Great Church of St. Bavo's.  We went in and quickly realized we were in Europe.

As soon as we walked into the church we saw a HUGE pipe organ.  The church was filled with music from this pipe organ and it is written that in 1766 Mozart, who was 10 years old at that time, played on this organ.  There are 5068 pipes on the organ and it is about 90' tall.

The church was built in 1370 and the floor of the church consists entirely of gravestones.  There are over 1500 gravestones in the church from the late 1500's to the late 1800's.

From the time the church was built in 1370 to 1578, the church was Catholic.  In 1578, the church became Protestant.

An interesting visit to this church and proof that we are in Europe!