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TAR 20 Transport
apskip:
maf is quite right that the shortest route goes through both Switzerland (and Liechtenstein too). Here it is as best I can decipher it:
Torino to Varese 92 miles estimated driving time (it's a fast non-mountain road in the Piedmont) 1 hour 39 min.
Varese to Lugano 14 miles estimated driving time 15 min.
There are two alternate routes either one of which is approximately 166 miles and should take about 4 hours:
Lugano to Vaduz, Liechtenstein is the common route for both.
The first branch goes north and across the border to Bregenz, Switzerland and Lindau, Germany. Then it goes north to reach mountain road 12 and then the lower route 7 into Fussen.
The other branch goes through Feldkirch Austria into Sankt Anton am Arlberg, then north to reach route 198, through Reutte and into Fussen.
Total driving time about 6 hours.
Border crossing on trains and planes into and out of Italy, Switzerland and Germany are quick and easy, but I have no cross-border experience in a car.
Jimmer:
I just cannot see it happening, driving through Austria, Switzerland, or Liechtenstein, especially knowing that Season 18 visited all three of these countries.
apskip:
The plane possibilities are approximately as given. I want to tailor them to fir the most likely pit stop release times in Torino.
So let's start with Art and JJ. I estimate they would have checked in at 1300 on Dec. 4 and be released Dec. 5 at 0100. They then have 5 hours 40 minutes to get to Torino airport, get tickets to Munich, checkin, kill and board. When they get to Munich, perhaps 15 minutes to get off the plane and out and find marked cars (no doubt FORD FOCUS). That flight EN1705 departed TRN 0640 and arrived MUC 0820. Then 2 hours to drive to Fussen, for a 1020 arrival, 9 hours 20 minutes total.
Next is Rachel and David. They probably checked in around 1500, so their arrival is the same but their total time would be 2 hours shorter than Art and JJ at 7 hours 20 minutes.
The ability of any other teams to get to the Torino airport, ticket, go through security and board EN1705 on time is questionable. Some might have made it and they would have the lowest total time.
All this contrasts with a predictable 6 hours from Torino to Fussen by car, arriving around 0700 for Art and JJ and 0900 for Rachel and David. The unknown is the weather on that day. If driving conditions were below the best required for those mountain roads, then I would have ordered all teams to fly. Maybe they were given the choice, most unusual for the Amazing Race but World Race Productions does try to be unpredictable.
apskip:
Since the question of weather in Fussen is slightly researchable (the rest of the driving route above Lugano is really not), I did so. December 5 was one of the warmest days in December, high of 8 degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit) and low of -2 degrees Celsius (28 degrees Fahrenheit). It appears that it would have been a fine day for driving.
Jimmer:
The weather along the way as I found it was light rain and mist. You can check out wunderground.com/history to check other locations on weather.
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