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TAR14 EP1: 'Don’t Let a Cheese Hit Me' (Switzerland)
puddin:
Starting line, confirmed by the CBS press release~
Beginning at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base near Long Beach, Calif
• Now Confirmed: (thanks TARAsiafan and Slowhatch)
futurecontestnat sucks posts:
tar 14 started in los alamitos, california at the military base 100% correct my friends dad works at the military base
Locarno & Interlaken, Switzerland (November 1-2)
SwissMiss08 posted Nov 1 2008
Is the Amazing Race in Locarno, Ticino?
posted Nov 1 2008
• I live in Ticino, the southern part of Switzerland. Today I saw two separate groups of two people with backpacks running around town, followed by a cameraman and a 4th person. I noticed they were speaking American English.
This was especially strange because I normally hear American-accented English perhaps once or twice a month, even though this place is pretty touristy. Additionally, I saw these Americans talking to a PRIEST outside of church and being filmed doing so. Seriously, what tourists talk to a priest (on camera)?
Short of waiting for season 14 to air, is there any way to find out if this was, in fact, the Amazing Race.
More from SwissMiss08 in reply to some questions.
From: SwissMiss08
• I first approached the plaza piazza sant'antonio around 6pm (it gets dark here around 5:30pm now). It is a little plaza in the old city (citta vecchia) which has some parking spots. I tried to park my car and was waved away. And there was a priest standing in front of the church, outside. They did not appear to have been standing there for long. It looked like they were just getting set up.
I drove past, parked, and walked back past around 6:15. I saw a team, a short woman and a tall man with backpacks, frantically talking to the priest (or perhaps frantically talking to each other near the priest). The woman was the one talking. They may have been middle aged, not sure, I was never very close.
The restaurant I was heading to was closed until 7pm, so I turned around and walked past the church/plaza again, this time only the priest and a few others were standing around. I went down to the Piazza Grande and sat in a bar waiting for the restaurant to open.
Around 7, I was again heading up towards the plaza AGAIN when we were passed by a team heading down the street, towards the vicinity of the Piazza Grande or the castle, we thought. This team was two younger people (early to mid 20s). I think the woman I saw was blond, but not sure. She was definitely pretty and tall - guessing 5'9 or more. The "producer" (ie 4th person in group, not carrying a backpack or camera) stopped her to adjust her shirt or necklace as they walked down the street.
After this second encounter we figured out it was the amazing race, so we walked back to the plaza, yet AGAIN after dinner around 8:45. The plaza was empty, no priest. But all the parking spots were cordoned off. This was not the case previously. So we wondered if more teams were coming, and the "priest" had just gone inside to get warm.
We then walked down to the Piazza Grande and the Castle, but neither of those locations was in use.
• venzin77 RE: Is the Amazing Race in Locarno, Ticino?
Yes the amazing race is in Switzerland y help one couple, y make police man job.
Mornig in Locarno, train Station, y help the couple Dustin & Kandice to go in Verzasca Valley. You see the the show and you see my ..... :)
Wiki/Wetpaint
Nijjy
• Thanks for your e-mail and excitement and I'm glad to be able to help
patching some of your Amazing Race puzzle!
We were on a train on Nov 2 to Spiez, Switzerland (and then transferring to
another train to Interlaken) when flocks of cameras and people got on in
Domodossola, Italy. I thought some sort of Italian celebrities were getting on
or something, but apparently they were Americans. They came around in our car
asking a few people 'around' us who were the locals from Italy (we boarded in
Milan) talking in a quiet manner, telling them that they are doing a travel show
without saying what it is. But it was obvious from their questions that for
people doing a travel show they had done NO research about where they were
filming (that's when we figured out what show it really was.)
We overheard they were quizzing people on the train for a certain name or place
in Interlaken, including talking to the Italian couple (both of whom spoke good
English and were well-traveled) sitting next to us. The team in on our car was
the ones in the photo, wearing orange shirts. We all rode to Spiez, and got off
and transferred to the train to Interlaken. It was probably a little after noon
when they boarded and it was about 2.30-3pm when we all got off in Interlaken. I
took photos of them at the train station when they were rushing into taxis and
heading somewhere. Each team seems to have a cameraman and a sound engineer
assigned and closely followed.
I also saw other 3 teams that got off (I don't really know how many are there in
total though). One older couple looking less agitated than the rest, another one
of looking-like sisters wearing green shirts, and the other team with an African
American lady. It's kind of funny that when we got off at Spiez awaiting quietly
to get on the next train, these teams all seemed scrambled and almost 'acted'
like they were going to miss a train and ran all over to get to the right
platform.. which was the one right next to where we got off. It was a tiny
station!
I'm attaching you another non-zoomed photo at the station too, taking at the
same time. I'm guessing that the older guy in there was the taxi driver.
Much thanks to Neobie for the map!!
puddin:
Los Alamitos, California at the military base
BVM: The first episode opens with a death-defying challenge
Roadblock Verzasca dam
cba suggests
This post above caught my eye - I've been to Verzasca valley myself on an excursion during my time as geology student at the Swiss federal institute of technology in Zurich.
There's Lago di Vogrono, a reservoir lake and the dam bordering its end, Dam Verzasca was featured in a James Bond Movie ("Goldeneye"). 007 does a bungy-jump from that dam, which is a very popular thing to do among tourists! There's not really anything else thrilling going on in that valley (except for geology of course ) so I'll pick up that spoiler/speculation and, if correct, guess we'll see some bungee jumping as a task or a maybe even a roadblock? :tup:
Victor
Mike White
Mark & Michael
Luke
Jennifer Hoffman, Christie & Brad
Ticino, Plaza Piazza Sant'antonio
Luke & Marge
Detour? Cheese, Matten bei Interlaken (thanks Slowhatch)
Michael & Mark
Tammy & Victor
Luke & Marge
Amanda & Kris
Mike & Mel
Göschenen railway station thanks Boingo
Michael & Mark
Pitstop
puddin:
--- Quote from: Slowhatch on November 06, 2008, 01:39:41 AM ---If they're doing the 007 thing in Verzasca, there seems to be only one authorized provider.
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--- Quote from: Chateau d If on November 06, 2008, 01:27:01 AM ---
In Locarno:
--- Quote ---From: SwissMiss08
I first approached the plaza piazza sant'antonio around 6pm (it gets dark here around 5:30pm now). It is a little plaza in the old city (citta vecchia) which has some parking spots. I tried to park my car and was waved away. And there was a priest standing in front of the church, outside. They did not appear to have been standing there for long. It looked like they were just getting set up.
--- End quote ---
Chiesa Sant`Antonio
Here in GE:
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--- Quote from: Chateau d If on November 06, 2008, 01:41:46 AM ---More Locarno:
--- Quote ---Around 7, I was again heading up towards the plaza AGAIN when we were passed by a team heading down the street, towards the vicinity of the Piazza Grande or the castle, we thought. This team was two younger people (early to mid 20s). I think the woman I saw was blond, but not sure. She was definitely pretty and tall - guessing 5'9 or more. The "producer" (ie 4th person in group, not carrying a backpack or camera) stopped her to adjust her shirt or necklace as they walked down the street.
--- End quote ---
Piazza Grande
Here in GE
--- End quote ---
This shot was taken here: Panoramio
--- Quote from: puddin on November 16, 2008, 12:52:00 AM ---With Slowhatch's help because I wasn't sure, thank you Slowhatch :kuss:, more on Interlaken, Switzerland and the Amazing Race :sucks
--- Quote from: Slowhatch on November 16, 2008, 12:31:27 AM --- TOI is Tourismus Interlaken, and "care," I'm guessing, is the group or committee that's tasked with handling WRP.
--- End quote ---
From this link/PDF and then translated web page.
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--- Quote ---I also saw other 3 teams that got off (I don't really know how many are there in
total though). One older couple looking less agitated than the rest, another one
of looking-like sisters wearing green shirts, and the other team with an African
American lady. It's kind of funny that when we got off at Spiez awaiting quietly
to get on the next train, these teams all seemed scrambled and almost 'acted'
like they were going to miss a train and ran all over to get to the right
platform.. which was the one right next to where we got off. It was a tiny
station!
--- End quote ---
I would guess that these 4 Teams are in the "middle" of three release groups from an overnight stay in Locarno. Their train left Locarno at 10:47 am and reached Domodossola at 12:35 pm. Then they got on the spoiler's train at 12:48 pm.
The trains from Locarno to Domodossola would be these three:
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peach:
http://www.eurail.com/downloads/eurail/map_Eurail2008_part2.pdf
--- Quote from: Slowhatch on January 27, 2009, 07:55:11 PM ---After a lot of clicking, I wound up...right back where I started (almost). While the Interlaken flag sports an ibex, the commune of Matten bei Interlaken (south side of the city, generally) features battlements and stars on a green background. Now to look for a cheese-shed...
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--- Quote from: Slowhatch on January 28, 2009, 03:29:56 PM ---Matten:
* A small map showing the general area of the commune
* A large map (4mb pdf, map on page 5) from the city websiteAs far as the cheese run goes, my leading candidate so far is this patch of ground (no name yet) at the edge of the "Kleiner Rugen" woods; according to GE it has a steep slope.
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Find the pitstop! :jumpy:
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