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Blast from the Past! Previous Season Timeline Questions....
strategery:
Wow, nice work slowhatch and georgiapeach. I especially like the ferry schedule -- which matches up perfectly with the show, and also indicates how far behind Ken/Gerard would have been if they'd missed that first ferry. But jeez, couldn't you make it look like you broke a sweat finding that stuff? Maybe I just have an inferior version of Google. ;D
As for more questions, here what I've got on Leg 8 (Fussen to Grindelwald):
1) Where exactly is the Chalet Arnika pit stop? Here's what I've been able to surmise so far:
a) There's a link to a Chalet Arnika on Wikipedia's TAR3 page (to this site) -- but it looks nothing like the one on the show, and as far as I can tell it's in another part of Switzerland altogether. You're shocked, I'm sure.
b) This site shows an address for a Chalet Arnika in Grindelwald, but I couldn't find that street. The "official" Grindelwald site (link) doesn't list a Chalet Arnika.
c) After they get out of their cab and are running to the pit stop, John Vito and Jill pass what appears to be an Alpenblick Restaurant. I found this site that seems to fit the bill. The pictures don't match well -- perhaps it's had a face lift since -- but on this map, getting to Alpenblick does involve turning left off the main road at a church, and two teams got those directions to the pit stop.
2) What is the statue that team have to find as part of the "Run the Numbers" Detour in Zurich -- the one with the number 12 on it? This map shows the location the racers were given for it -- corner of Sihl Strasse and Bahnhof Strasse.
3) For extra credit, can anyone find the precise location of the field where the "William Tell" roadblock was staged? The clue they got said: "Make your way to the town of Grindelwald and look for a route marker in the field east of the Grund [train] station."
Finally, going back to Andre/Damon, it's possible the train conductor's watch reads 6:00 as he tells them they have to go to Salzburg to get a train back to Innsbruck. And checking again it's pretty late when they finally reach the clue box in Innsbruck -- not sunset yet, but getting there.
georgiapeach:
--- Quote ---Wow, nice work slowhatch and georgiapeach. I especially like the ferry schedule -- which matches up perfectly with the show, and also indicates how far behind Ken/Gerard would have been if they'd missed that first ferry. But jeez, couldn't you make it look like you broke a sweat finding that stuff? Maybe I just have an inferior version of Google.
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Heee... we've all been to "puddin" school!
If you have any pictures, can you add them? I have the season on tape.....somewhere....but if you have pictures all ready for the match that would be great! Pics from the show would be a big help for me anyway...
Slowhatch:
A couple of good interactive maps here and here. I'm at a slower computer this week, so I won't be able to keep up. The yellow pages lists 4 chalet arnikas for all of switzerland, none in Grindelwald. Very curious... ???
serendipity:
--- Quote from: strategery on May 21, 2007, 11:22:11 PM ---As for more questions, here what I've got on Leg 8 (Fussen to Grindelwald):
1) Where exactly is the Chalet Arnika pit stop? Here's what I've been able to surmise so far:
2) What is the statue that team have to find as part of the "Run the Numbers" Detour in Zurich -- the one with the number 12 on it? This map shows the location the racers were given for it -- corner of Sihl Strasse and Bahnhof Strasse.
3) For extra credit, can anyone find the precise location of the field where the "William Tell" roadblock was staged? The clue they got said: "Make your way to the town of Grindelwald and look for a route marker in the field east of the Grund [train] station."
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I think I could give you some help here. Last summer I went to Switzerland and found all those places!!
Pic 1,2: This is the Chalet Arnika, when I was there I tried to ask people for location but no one knew this place, fortunately I kept going uphill and finally saw it.
Pic 3: This is the statue, it's very near Lindenhof and right outside a shopping mall
Pic 4: I think this is the field for the roadblock, I am not sure but this is the only place where there's a large field outside the train station. In my opinion, it's very hard for teams to go from here to the pitstop, at least a half-hour walk uphill, I couldn't believe the producers made them do this.
It's very fun to go there and try to find those places, it's like running a race myself!! :yess:
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georgiapeach:
Nice job serendipity! I'll bet that was fun to do!
Would you happen to have the Chalet marked on a map for strategery?
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