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Trusting your Tour Guide
Nearby Maastricht is Fort Sint Pieter. The fort was built around 1700 and saw a lot of action, given its very strategic, central location.Nearby are caves, which are actually mines. A point if you...
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Church With Modern Conveniences
In the main square of Maastricht stands two impressive churches. The one on the left is Sint Janskerk, a Protestant church, and the one on the right is Sint Servaas, a Catholic church. We couldn't go...
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Hitting the Road - Pac-Man Style
Recently, the most awesome google April Fool's "Joke" was released - the ability to play Pac-Man on google street view. If you haven't seen this yet, you are missing out. Just go to maps.google.com...
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Questions with dinner:New Mexico: Red or green?Hawaii: What's your opinion about poi? *Snicker*Colorado: Do you have the organic vegan gluten-free soymilk variety?Texas: How bloody do you want your...
View ArticleFlaming Pianos and Bad Oysters
Last night was my third Eurovision - one of my favorite new "holidays" now that I live in Europe. This year's Eurovision lacked the blatant shock value in many of the songs as previous years (such as...
View ArticleThree Minute Breaks
Things have been busy here, so I've been neglecting the blog. I'm sorry to my loyal or not so loyal readers out there. I have many interesting things to say, but those will have to wait a bit until I...
View Article#15. Safe and Sound
15. Starting out the list is Safe and Sound by Capital Cities. Where else can you see dancers from literally over 100 years dance side by side (including a two-dimensional black and white group from...
View Article#14. Kalluri Vaanil
At #14 comes the crazy video Kalluri Vaanil by Prabhu Deva Sundaram. Everything that makes bollywood great is condensed into four minutes. What could be goofier than the dancing? How about the...
View Article#13. Rude
Sometimes, music videos tell a story. At number 13 comes Rude by Magic, a sad, sweet tale about a boy asking a man for his daughter's hand in marriage. Sure, he can't dance and his taste in socks and...
View Article#12. Pretty Hurts
Sometimes, music videos go beyond simply telling a story to almost verging on a documentary. That's the case with Beyonce's Pretty Hurts, which is powerful, serious, and makes you realize there is...
View Article#11. Tunak Tunak Tun
If only every meteor contained a happy dancing man. This song is so catchy. People thought Daler Mehndi was only popular because his videos featured lots of beautiful dancing woman, but his video...
View Article#10. Doo-Wop (That Thing)
In another trans-decadal dance party, the music video Doo-Wop (That Thing) by Lauryn Hill has a split screen - the left half is 1967 and the right half is 1998. As the video goes on, you see how lots...
View Article#9. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Street Spirit (Fade Out) is quite possibly my favorite song from my favorite band, Radiohead. And this music video is as hauntingly beautiful as the song itself. It's black and white, and filmed...
View Article#8. White and Nerdy
Weird Al has a lot of great videos, and picking just one is hard, but perhaps my favorite is White and Nerdy. Let's face it, it's awesome. It parodies several rap videos, but even better, depicts...
View Article#7. I Won't Let You Down
I could spend an afternoon watching OK Go's music videos. They really take the concept of the music video to the next level. But I Won't Let You Down is probably the best - and totally amazing. With...
View Article#6. Radioactive
Radioactive by Imagine Dragons has all the elements of a good action film - a bad guy, balls of flying cash, cage fights, and an unlikely but lovable hero. It's actually a bit disturbing, as the cage...
View Article#5. Sugar
As perhaps the most famous wedding crashers of all time, Maroon 5 go around L.A. in one day crashing as many weddings as possible, surprising wedding guests as they break into their song Sugar at their...
View Article#4. Thriller
It was mysteriously absent from NME's list, but Michael Jackson's Thriller made mine! It's like a full length feature film, complete with end credits and the disclaimer that any similarity to persons...
View Article#3. Happy
Pharrell Williams' Happy will make you feel happy. It always works for me. Several people get to have their chance to dance in this video, but what makes it cool is that these people are from all...
View Article#2. Chandelier
It's amazingly well done. At number 2 comes Sia's Chandelier, which features the eleven-year old Maddie Ziegler. Maddie's dancing is amazing, and she is an incredible and talented dancer, not just as...
View Article#1. Papaoutai
And at number 1 is Papaoutai (Where are you dad?) by the French singer Stromae. It looks like it takes place in the fake town from the 40s that is the nuclear test site in the newest Indiana Jones....
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The Most Dutch of Days
It's been hot here in the Netherlands - getting into the low 30s (the high 80s / low 90s). It may not seem too hot to you, but in the Netherlands, it's humid and there is no air conditioning, which...
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So Many Flags...
As our European adventure is coming to an end, it is time to return to the United States - for good this time. To kick of our return, we are embarking on an epic road trip across the country. And as...
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My Husband and the Wave
Our trip across the country was finally complete when we stuck our toes in the Pacific Ocean. Our friend Shasta, who came all the way from Scotland, joined us for a trip down to the beach -...
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Telescopes at the Top of the World
Because of same strange warp in the space-time continuum, many of us that used to live in the Netherlands now live in California. We made the trip to LA to visit some of our awesome friends from the...
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