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georgiapeach:
Great pictures, North!!
And the lovely Ponte Vecchio too.
I love Florence! They better go there after teasing us this way...
apskip:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on October 02, 2007, 04:29:39 PM ---Wow Puddin, that's a really great discovery. I think it fits perfectly in the schedule. :yess:
I looked at their blog entry for July 11th and determined that the TAR siting had to have been on the day before: July 10th in Amsterdam
It is based on the fact that the Tour De France reached Gant on July 9th (click on the flash animation).
Timeline for tourists
July 9th Tour De France seen in Gant, Belgium, They got up early that day and arrived by 15 min train ride to Gant. They waited 5 hours
July 9th "Jumped a train to Amsterdam. Arrived in town midday and headed directly to the laundry."
July 9th "We spent about six hours walking around town going to various restaurants and bars to taste the tastes."
July 10th "Today we took a quick train ride to nearby Haarlem."
July 10th "We just got done with a walking tour of Amsterdam."
July 10th "We think we saw some participants from the Amazing Race running through town with a cameraman and sound guy following close behind."
"Tomorrow we are on our way to the lovely, Denmark."
Posted July 11th at 11:17 am
This means that Apskip's flight on the 11th may well be the one they use to get to West Africa.
--- End quote ---
OK, I am going back to the original information provided by Chateau above. Let's walk through it with analysis. The key is on July 9 watching the Tour de France. Those familiar with that race know that the finish of the race is usually at about 5pm local time. If this group was waiting around in Ghent for 5 hours, it would have been to see the finish of the 3rd leg of the Tour de France. It would have made no sense to wait for 5 hours and leave before that.
That means that the next listing "jumped a train to Amsterdam. Arrived in town midday" must refer to July 10. It takes about 3 hours from Ghent to Amsterdam by normal fast train service, so that means leaving maybe 9am or 10 am from Ghent. That could not be on July 9; it has to be on July 10.
"6 hours walking around town going to restaurants and bars to taste the tastes" has to be July 10. That takes them up to dinner time on July 10. there's no more time for sightseeing in the sunshine.
"Today we took a quick train ride to nearby Haarlem (famous for its tulips when in season)" starts July 11.
"We just got done with a walking tour of Amsterdam" is later on July 11.
"We think we saw some participants from the Amazing Race running through town with a camera man and sound guy." is definitely July 11.
My conclusion is that I absolutely agree with CHATEAU's reconsideration of the dates for Amsterdam. The Amazing Race arrived there on July 11, not July 10 as we had previously thought.
This has the following major implications:
1. The Ireland leg can go until the early evening of July 10 before a pitstop is required.
2. There will be no leg between Amsterdam and Ouagadougou.
3. The leg bewteen Ouagadougou is probably Florence.
4. The leg after Dubrovnik is definitely Vilnius Lithuania.
5. There will be only one additional leg to figure out between Vilnius and Osaka.
puddin:
Far fetched I know but I had posted this in the TAR Asia 2 spoiler thread ..hey you never know? we are looking for a location around the 23rd. Could Thailand work? -- just thinking out loud.
Jon's Blog of Stuff
blog posted on:Tuesday, July 24, 2007
The best story from the trip was the airport cab ride in Bangkok. Strangely enough, entry into the hotel is guarded and cars undergo a under-the-car mirror inspection prior to pulling up to the entrance. Ordering a cab from the hotel we managed to get the nuttiest guy in Thailand. Mentioning to us that he was told to "Go, Go, Go" by his last passengers (obviously contestants from the Amazing Race) he informed us that he was only going by the speed limit (which was fine by us
link
georgiapeach:
I can't find our incomplete TARA 2 Timeline now -- but wouldn't TARA 2 fit better? ???
Or this could even just be a joke as in ha ha if a fare says Go Go Go they must "obviously be a contestant on TAR"...
puddin:
Far fetched I know :lol:
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