Franeker Planetarium

The Eise Eisigna Planetarium was a great way to cap off a interesting day in the little Fresian town of Franeker.  Franeker was an interesting city as I was able to compare life in that village to life at home as both Galena and Franeker have a similar population and are relatively similar in their means of economic production.  On a side note, during our free time I had the chance to visit a church that was built in 1421, 71 years before Columbus "discovered" America.  The Planetarium, the oldest continuously operating planetarium in the world, was a fascinating site as it is a forgotten piece of history.  It was interesting that a guy with so little education could build a model of the solar system so accurately and still have it working 225 years later.  The town was definitely a place I would visit again and if I do I will have to stop by the planetarium and see if the model is still up-to-date and if it has changed since our visit.