Note: This is an extra post for fun with all of the extra photos I’d like to share. Album of the Day (or of the trip): The Rainbow Goblins – Masayoshi Takanaka (This album isn’t on streaming, so here’s a YouTube link to a re-upload of the album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpPG3-2V1S8) Day 1 + 2: Analphabetapolothology –…

Album of the Day: You’d Prefer an Astronaut – Hum               Today we took one last adventure in the Rotterdam metro all the way to The Hague. The Hague is where a lot of the Netherlands’ politics take place, having all sorts of important courts and even the prime minister’s quarters and workspace. While Amsterdam…

Album of the Day: demon daze – sports.               Today we spent the day learning about flooding and how Rotterdam prevents it. Our day started with a small tour of Rotterdam’s city center and some of its infrastructure that relates to water management. We were shown water basins built into public spaces to allow rainwater…

Album of the Day: Revengeseekerz – Jane Remover Today we visited one of the most important engineering projects within the Netherlands, the delta works! The delta works are a set of engineering projects that focus on heavy water management in Dutch rivers, especially in relation to connecting them to the ocean. One of the main…

Album of the Day: Forever ends today – kiowa               Today was a day jam packed with interesting innovations. It all started around 11 am when we arrived at the floating farms here in Rotterdam. The company behind them, very aptly named Floating Farm, has managed to create a farm in which they can care…

Album of the Day: Unmusique – Lucy Bedroque               Today, we took a break from the Netherlands and ventured our way to the great town of Münster, Germany. Münster is a small religious town near the Germany-Netherlands border which, like many towns in Germany, was heavily bombed during WWII. Post war, the city entered a…

Album of the Day: metacontinues – Frums               Today was interesting, only consisting of a short tour of Enschede’s very own city center. Historically, Enschede was one of the few towns not completely submerged at the inception of the Netherlands due to its MASSIVE 40-meter incline, which is still somehow higher than the entire country….

Album of the Day: Aja – Steely Dan               Today started with a lecture on wind power and windmill design. The Netherlands has a long history with wind power, dating back to its inception. Between the 1600s and 1700s, the Dutch used newfound windmill technology to pump water and create more farmland, which massively expanded…

Album of the Day: U – Underscores              Today we made the long bus journey from Amsterdam to Enschede, which was around 100 miles by bus (sadly no train this time). Once we got to Enschede, we got a tour of the University of Twente. The university is very widespread and filled with nature. Compared to…

Album of the Day: No Beer, No Dad – Blowout               Today was an interesting day. The day started early, with a train to Zaandijk Zaanse Schans at 9 am. There we went to see something the Netherlands is famous for, it’s beautiful windmills! Zaanse Schans is a beautiful little town littered with all sorts…

Album of the Day: heat death of the universe – Dead Butterflies (song recs: ramona’s theme, exploding heart syndrome)               Today, we started late, around 9 am, to head over to a tulip farm to see the last of the tulips before the last ones are cut. Tulips are essential to the economy of the…