The best thing about Europe by far is the ability to hop on a train and be in a new city in minutes! Ten of us decided to take advantage of this and took a twenty minute train ride to Haarlem. We first made our way to St. Bavo's, a church that dates back to the 1500's, and is basically breathtaking! One of the most amazing things inside was the Christian Muller organ which contains 5068 pipes and is almost 30 meters high. Mozart played it when he was only ten years old. I found myself just sitting in one of the pews and thinking about all the history that this one place contains.
Side note: I got to St. Bavo's and after a few picture my camera starting flashing that the battery was low. I did not have time to charge it before leaving, and was so disappointed that I might not be able to capture the rest of the day. I decided to pray about it, and asked the Lord to allow my camera battery to last a little bit longer. Well, my camera lasted the whole day :) I love how He cares about the little things.
After visiting the church we headed to the Corrie Ten Boom house. This woman is basically amazing! Her family hid the Jews during WWII in the "hiding place." This hiding place was located in Corrie's room. There was a secret entry way inside the closet, where about 6 people could squeeze. Throughout the house buzzers were installed that could be pressed to warn the Jews inside to get to the hiding place. They only had 70 seconds to get in, and they practiced this daily. The Ten Boom family helped many Jews escape. If you haven't heard of this story look it up.. it is worthwhile!
We then headed to two museums, and by the time we finished everyone was exhausted! It was a great Thursday, and I loved exploring a new area just a train ride away :)
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