Sunday, September 02, 2007

more Netherlands

Little Red Riding Boy
Little Red Big Boy
quaint little Haarlem

One thing I regret not having brought home is cheese, delicious cheese
Haarlem cheese
Grote Kerk van St Bavo looms in the distance
Grote Kerk van St Bavo
a cute little courtyard
a little courtyard in Haarlem
little shops at the base of Grote Kerk van St Bavo
GKsVB little shops
interesting layers in the architecture of Grote Kerk

the inside of Grote Kerk is just gorgeous!
GKvSB2
in the opposite direction a Muller organ, one of the world's most magnificent (to quote Lonely Planet)
5000 pipe Muller organ
the organ boasts 5000 pipes and is 30 meters high. Handel and Mozart both played it. We were so fortunate to arrive just in time for an hour-long concert by a master Japanese organ player
Muller organ in GKvSB
At the age of 10 Mozart played, in 1766, the organ in this church (or something like that)

one of the churches many stained glass windows
GKsVB stain glass
the Grote Kerk Posse

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