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2026-06-26 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:03 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Everyday life, Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, community lore

In one of his videos made to say he is not making a Vlogbrothers video, Hank shows John a locked public mini golf course in a small French town, explains they are in France for their parents' 50th anniversary amid a historic heat wave, and says how lucky they are to have such parents.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — A video to say he is not making a Vlogbrothers video, which John dislikes

  • ★★ Hank makes one of his Vlogbrothers videos whose purpose is to say he is not making a Vlogbrothers video. — 00:00:00 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ Hank knows John dislikes such videos and thinks that, when Hank isn't making a Vlogbrothers video, he should just say so on the Community tab. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Hank has a hard time with just posting that notice after almost 20 years of videos; he is trying to change the structure of his brain but wonders whether he ever can. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ On a morning walk in a small French town, Hank finds a public mini golf course with a little concrete castle; it is locked. — 00:00:00

00:00:20 — A locked public mini golf course in a small French town

  • ★ Hank says that if the town wanted to keep people out of the locked mini golf course, it is doing a bad job: getting in is an achievable jump. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • ★★ Hank does not jump into the mini golf course, because they are Americans in a small town in France and he doesn't know the rules. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ Hank has never seen a public mini golf course before and now asks, "why don't we?"; he finds it very cute. — 00:00:58
  • ★★★ The brothers are in France to celebrate their parents' 50th anniversary, a trip planned for about two years. — 00:00:58 · Mike Green, Sydney Green
  • ★★ The anniversary trip coincides with a historic heat wave in France, which Hank says they will think about later. — 00:00:58

00:01:10 — In France for their parents' 50th anniversary during a heat wave; a morning loop walk by feel

  • ★ At 7:30 in the morning it is already hot enough that Hank is sweating on his walk. — 00:01:27
  • ★ Hank planned his walk as a loop without looking at a map, looping by feel, which he is usually but not always good at. (playful) — 00:01:27

00:01:51 — How lucky the brothers are to have their parents

  • ★★ Hank says the brothers' parents have made occasional appearances both in the channel's lore and on the channel. — 00:01:51 · Mike Green, Sydney Green, Vlogbrothers
  • ★★★ Hank says how lucky the brothers are to have wonderful, thoughtful, empathetic, values-laden parents who worked hard to do good in their world and support each other, their children and grandchildren. — 00:02:20 · Mike Green, Sydney Green
  • ★★ Hank says the trip has been a lovely opportunity for the whole family to be together and have a good time. — 00:02:20

00:02:45 — The loop closes; tea, a croissant and sign-off

  • ★ Hank's loop works out: he is back where he expected, and goes to get tea and a croissant before saying hello to John. (playful) — 00:02:45

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