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Amazing Race Season 30, Episode 3, "It's gonna be a fragrant day"
Film date: 2017-10-05 - 2017-10-06
The last pit stop was at city hall in Antwerp, Belgium. This is also where teams are released the following morning in the following order:
1.Cody & Jessica 06:512.Cedric & Shawn 06:58+0:073.Kristi & Jen 07:03+0:124.Trevor & Chris 07:15+0:245.Alex & Conor 07:48+0:576.Lucas & Brittany07:55+1:04?.Joey & Tim ??:??+?:???.Henry & Evan ??:??+?:???.Eric & Daniel ??:??+?:??
Route info: "Fly to the city of Tangier, Morocco" Once teams land in Tangier they must make their way to the fish port and find one of three marked bins of fish.
"In Morocco, is it French or is it Spanish?", Trevor wonders which language to use
All teams are on the same flight:
AT687 AMS-TNG 18:05 - 20:03 (scheduled 17:00 - 19:10)
We have learned separately that production had racers spend the night in a hotel outside town. The next morning they are released and can jump into taxis. This is where teams realize this country will be a bit harder to get around in.
"I don't speak English very good", Taxi driver
Some racers turn out to have unexpected language skills.
"I know a little bit Arabic", Cody is full of surprises
Evan also turns out to know a little bit of Arabic after having studied in Marrakesh for a year.
Kristi & Jen seem to have drawn the short straw when it comes to taxi drivers. They are unable to communicate with him in any language and eventually they exit the taxi more than a mile away from the fish port and make their way there on foot.
We are not really shown in which order teams arrive at the fish port except that Kristi & Jen arrive last.
At the fish port teams must fill an empty tray with fish. The fish must be stacked in a specific way and there is an example to look at.
Some contestants are a bit squeamish about the fish, which are dead and smelly. But once you get over that it is fairly straightforward, at least as long as you look carefully at the example.
"Hi babies, I'm so sorry you are dead", Brittany talks to the dead fish
"I have to touch these?", Jessica
"Oh, they stink", Cedric
"It's gonna be a fragrant day", Team well strung get the title
Teams get their next clue in the following order:
1. Cody & Jessica
2. Eric & Daniel
3. Trevor & Chris
4. Henry & Evan
5. Joey & Tim
6. Cedric & Shawn
7. Lucas & Brittany
8. Kristi & Jen
9. Alex & Conor
This clue tells them to make their way on foot to the Kisariate Jbala Souk. Once there they must greet the merchant with the traditional Arabic expression As-salam Alaykum (Peace be with you). The merchant is fairly easy to spot since he sits next to a Travelocity gnome. He will then give the team the gnome and their next clue.
Here I must note that these gnomes sport marvelous local outfit with a leather jacket and a very pointy hat.
Finding this place is not easy so there are some placement changes. Teams arrive in the following order:
Joey & Tim - fail to spot the merchant and leave again
1(+3) Henry & Evan
2(-1) Cody & Jessica
3(+0) Trevor & Chris
4(-2) Eric & Daniel
5(+3) Kristi & Jen
6(+1) Lucas & Brittany
7(+1) Cedric & Shawn
8(+1) Alex & Conor
9(-4) Joey & Tim
Road block: Who's ready to rock the Kasbah?
"It could be dancing", Trevor
In this road block one team member must go zip-lining through the Kasbah, or at least their gnome gets to. First they must make their way to the Tangier American legation museum and find the marked gate. This is kind of hard since the Kasbah is a hilly part of town with a maze of little twisty streets and alleys which all look alike. Once they find the marked door they must make their way up to the rooftop where the gnome gets strapped into a zip-lining harness.
"Is he the only one who gets to zip-line?", Jessica is disappointed
The answer is yes. So the gnome gets to zip-line down to another roof a couple of blocks away. The racers must make their way down to street level and then find the marked door in the house where the gnome has landed.
"There's a lot of rooftops and a maze of streets down below", Chris
Once teams find the gnome they open his pouch and get another clue. This tells them to find the Kasbah museum and enter the marked door. At the museum they will find a second, much longer, zip-line. And they have to follow the gnome again.
This road block is physically exhausting. Not only do they have to run around in the hilly Kasbah but the marked routes to the roof include stairs, steep surfaces and walls they have to climb.
We see lots of racers working together during this task and lots of placement changes. For example Cedric seems to be next to last at the first zip-line but is the first one to reach the second line.
As he is making his way to the end of the second zip-line Cedric's age catches up with him. That and the very heavy back-pack he is lunging around. All other racers left their bags with their partners who are waiting in the Souk where they got their Gnome.
After the second zip-line racers get a clue directing them to an old school telephone in a tele boutique. Here they must use the provided coins (stored in a pouch on the gnome) to dial a number where they will get further instructions. These instructions are to greet the shopkeeper with the phrase "Sabah al-khair" (good morning). The shopkeeper will then give them their next clue and they can run back to their partner and open it.
"This last one is kicking my butt", Cedric while looking for the tele boutique
Jessica & Brittany seem to work together at the tele boutique and when Brittany starts to dial Jessica relives her of her gnome. Jessica then puts the gnome down and Brittany forgets it. Brittany is so happy she has found a couple of nice ladies speaking Spanish who help her find her way so she leaves as quickly as possible.
Jessica interviews that she notices that Brittany has forgotten her gnome but she will not say anything because she is last and need the cushion.
Meanwhile Brittany soon realize she is missing her gnome and makes her way back to pick it up.
Cedric is so tired that he does not notice the entrance to the court where the other team members are waiting and walks just past it. Eventually he realizes he is lost and backtracks. This costs them 2 placements and some time.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Henry* & Evan (2-1)2(+3)Kristi & Jen* (1-2)3(+5)Alex & Conor* (1-2)4(+0)Eric* & Daniel (2-1)5(-2)Trevor & Chris* (1-2)6(-4)Cody & Jessica* (1-2)7(-1)Lucas & Brittany*(1-2)8(+1)Joey & Tim* (1-2)9(-2)Cedric* & Shawn (1-2)
Detour: Drop it off or shake it off
In drop it off teams must make their way to a wholesale truck and pick up a bunch of groceries. These must then be delivered to:
--- Quote ---* The vegetable stand at
Bab Kasbah - Squash
* Marhaba Palace
Restaurant - Chickens
* Orange Juice Vendor at
BabEl A'assa -
Oranges
--- End quote ---
The items come in plastic crates which teams have to drag along the ground with a hook as the locals do.
In shake it off teams must make their way to Restaurant Mamounia Palace. Here they must change into belly dancing outfits. Once in costume they must dance among the tables and look for words. The words they need to find are:
Moulay - written on the belly of one of the dancers
Palace - written on the back of the uniform of one of the serving staff
Hafid - written on a tambourine
Once they think they have all words they can say them to the head waiter who will given them their next clue if they have them all. Note that teams are not told how many words they need to find.
"I don't really feel like running around the city any more", Jen does not want to deliver
"Nobody will ever cheer for my dancing like this again ever", Evan
Cody & Jessica were going to do the delivery but when they arrived there and read the extra info they decide to switch to dancing instead. And this was probably a very good move.
"This one seems a little too much", Cody reads the info on delivery
The three teams doing the delivery side of the detour all end up behind those who did the dancing so they were pretty unbalanced.
"50+ pound pack and almost 50 years old", Cedric soldiers on
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Henry & Evan, dance
2(+1) Alex & Conor, dance
3(-1) Kristi & Jen, dance
4(+1) Trevor & Chris, dance
5(+1) Cody & Jessica, dance
6(+2) Joey & Tim, dance
7(-3) Eric & Daniel, deliver
8(-1) Lucas & Brittany, deliver, just after #7
9(+0) Cedric & Shawn, deliver
Route info: "Travel by taxi to your next pit stop at Moulay Hafid Palace".
As they exit the restaurant Alex & Conor realize they have left their gnome upstairs so Conor runs back to fetch it, this costs them some time and possibly a leg win.
At the palace we find a band of local musicians who play for the teams as they run up to Phil and the mat.
It was a quite tight race at the top with probably not more than a minuter or two between team #1 and #4.
Joey & Tim are close to blowing it. They find the palace entry easily but they go in a see the band and decide this is not it. So they go back out again. Fortunately for them nobody passes them while they search for another entrance.
Teams reach Phil in the following order:
1(+0) Henry & Evan, win a trip to Zurich (including some mini-golf)
2(+0) Alex & Conor, about 5 seconds after #1
3(+0) Kristi & Jen
4(+0) Trevor & Chris
5(+0) Cody & Jessica
6(+0) Joey & Tim
7(+0) Eric & Daniel
8(+0) Lucas & Brittany
9(+0) Cedric & Shawn, are saved by a non-elimination
And let us end this episode with sending lots of admiration to the camera-guys who had to follow the teams through the Kasbah. If the racers are tired then just think of what the camera guys must have felt.
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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 30, Episode 4, "Gotta put your sole into it"
Film date: 2017-10-07 - 2017-10-08
The last pit stop was in the Moulay Hafid Palace, Tangier Morocco. Teams seem to be released from just outside the palace the next day in the following order:
1.Henry & Evan 11:342.Alex & Conor 11:35+0:013.Kristi & Jen 11:37+0:034.Trevor & Chris 11:41+0:075.Cody & Jessica 11:54+0:206.Joey & Tim 12:08+0:347.Eric & Daniel 12:25+0:518.Lucas & Brittany12:26+0:529.Cedric & Shawn 12:44+1:10
Route info: "Do you know the way to Saint-Tropez?"
"Hopefully we won't end up in speedos, for our sake and the audiences sake", Eric
Teams must make their way to a travel agency and pick up their tickets. It seems production has provided tickets and the are no better flights available. All teams end up on the following flights (thanks to claude_24hrs) leaving the following morning:
AT471 TNG-CMN 04:50 - 06:00
AF1497 CMN-CDG 07:42 - 11:53 (scheduled 07:40-11:40)
AF7714 CDG-NCE 12:46 - 14:06 (scheduled 12:45-14:15)
At the Nice airport teams pick up their cars. These turn out to have a manual transmission, which always seems to trip some teams up. The ones having the most problems seem to be Eric & Daniel who are unable to figure out how to put it in reverse. So we got some hilarious shots when they push their car backwards.
Teams must now drive to Ecole de Voile, Saint Tropez (105km 1h24min). Some teams have an easier time navigating than others. Alex turns out to have raced in this part of the world so he has driven here a lot.
"Babe, let's move here", Jessica appreciates the beauty of the area
"No, unless they've got the constitution and bill of rights and all of that", Cody only trusts one system
Lucas & Brittany are among those having a hard time. They have a hard time finding their way and seem to be upset with each other.
"I messed up there so I apologized to her", Lucas interviews later
Eventually all teams arrive to the next clue box in the following order:
1. Kristi & Jen
2. Alex & Conor
3. Cody & Jessica
4. Henry & Evan, probably 15+ minutes after #2
5. Trevor & Chris
6. Joey & Tim
7. Cedric & Shawn
8. Lucas & Brittany, after the first 5 teams have left
9. Eric & Daniel
Cedric & Shawn find their speed bump here. They must pick up 14 optimists from the beach and place them in numerical order in a storage rack. There is nothing complicated with this task, just some grunt work. This takes some time but no other teams arrive while they are doing it so they do not loose any positions.
The other teams can go directly for the clue box.
Road block: "Who's ready to break wind?"
In this road block contestants must learn so sail an optimist (a kids sailing boat). There are no lessons nor any demonstrations. They must just pick up a set of riggings (already completed) from a stand and put the mast in the right hole on the boat (this is hard to miss). Then off they go into the water. They must sail out to two buoys and pick half a clue at each.
The boats are kind of small and it is easy to get lots of water in when you crawl in. It looks kind of ridiculous to see the racers who do not know like they know what they are doing in these small boats. And for added effect this task is interspersed with shots of beautiful ocean-going yachts racing further out.
There is one part missing from these optimist and that is the main sheet (the rope holding the boom) instead players must hold the boom with their hand. This makes for awkward sailing but I assume it is done so as to reduce the risk of anybody getting hit and hurt by the boom. This strategy does not work.
"This looks extraordinarily difficult", Jen looks as Kristi attempts to sail
"I think she is figuring it out, there is like forward progress happening", Jen after a while
"It took him all of 15 minutes just to leave the shore", Conor explains to Jessica how hard the task is for Alex
"He probably thinks he is doing it right, but he is not", Conor comments Alex
At this moment Alex is letting the sail hang loose and is instead paddling the boat with two paddles. He is making progress but it is slow.
Alex did not read his clue properly so he returns to the shore after collecting only one half of the clue. He has to go back out there to get the other half as well. And offline we learn that Lucas did the same mistake.
Evan is, like most others, having a hard time with the sailing.
"This is so frustrating", Evan
"I feel so dumb right now", Evan
Eventually as she is using her hands to hold the paddle she turns and greets the oncoming boom with her smile. The boom is harder and breaks one of her teeth. But she is not prepared to give up so she soldiers on and eventually gets the hang of sailing.
In the extra footage we learn that what she lost was an old filling, which was on its way out anyway. And production sent her to a dentist during the pit stop so she got a new filling.
"That speed bump was made for us but too bad these boats weren't", Shawn see the big Cedric trying to get into the small boat without taking the whole ocean with him
"As a lifeguard I feel very compelled to go and help him right now", Brittany see that Cedric's boat is capsizing, but she suppresses her instincts
Lucas seem to be the only one who knows how to sail.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Kristi* & Jen (2-2)2(+0)Alex* & Conor (2-2)3(+0)Cody* & Jessica (2-2)4(+1)Trevor* & Chris (2-2)5(+1)Joey* & Tim (2-2)6(+2)Lucas* & Brittany(2-2)7(-3)Henry & Evan* (2-2)8(+1)Eric & Daniel* (2-2)9(-2)Cedric* & Shawn (2-2)
Detour: Bread or thread
In bread teams must use 30lb of dough to make 50 traditional baguettes. This takes place at La Tarte Tropézienne. They are given a big piece of dough and must roll it out to baguettes ready for the oven.
In thread teams must complete a pair of sandals. This takes place at Sandales Tropeziennes. Teams seem to get the parts needed and must just thread the straps and fasten them will small nails.
Both detour take place in Saint Tropez so teams must park their cars at Parking du Nouveau port (3.2km 9min) and make their way on foot.
"No, I have no idea?", Conor does not understand why his baguettes get rejected
"Trevor is absolutely the Martha Stewart of our apartment", Chris
"You'd better hurry up because we're on your heels", Cedric at the shoe detour
The telecast did not show this but both sides of the detour ended with teams having to deliver something (a loaf of bread or a pair of sandals) to a person in Saint Tropez.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Kristi & Jen. thread
2(+0) Alex & Conor, bread
3(+0) Cody & Jessica, bread
4(+0) Trevor & Chris, thread
5(+0) Joey & Tim, thread
6(+0) Lucas & Brittany, thread
7(+0) Henry & Evan, thread
8(+1) Cedric & Shawn, thread
9(-1) Eric & Daniel, thread
The next clue point teams to another head-to-head. This takes place at Place des Lices. Teams arrive in the following order:
1(+0) Kristi & Jen
2(+0) Alex & Conor
3(+0) Cody & Jessica
4(+0) Trevor & Chris
5(+0) Joey & Tim
6(+0) Lucas & Brittany
7(+0) Henry & Evan
8(+0) Eric & Daniel
9(+0) Cedric & Shawn
Here teams must play pétanque, a game similar to boule. The rules are describes as:
PETANQUE RULES
* The object of Pétanque is to get your boules closer
to the jack than your opponent's.
* Pétanque is played in rounds, with each team member
throwing 3 boules per round.
* The jack and all boules must be thrown from the
start circle.
* A member of the starting team throws the jack into the
marked area, and then throws the first boule.
* After each throw, the team NOT closest to the jack
takes the next throw
* Once a team has used all its boules, the other team
will throw the rest of its boules.
* After all 12 boules are thrown, the team with a boule
closes to the jack receives one point for each boule
that is closer to the jack than their opponet's
closest boule.
Phil also says that the first team to get 3 points wins. But the way the matches are edited it looks like it is enough to get just one boule closer to the jack than your opponent.
The head-to-head matches turn out like this:
* Kristi & Jen loose against Alex & Conor
* Kristi & Jen loose against Cody & Jessica
* Kristi & Jen win over Trevor & Chris
* Trevor & Chris loose against Tim & Joey
* Trevor & Chris win against Lucas & Brittany
* Lucas & Brittany looses against Henry & Evan
* Lucas & Brittany looses against Eric & Daniel
* Lucas & Brittany wins against Cedric & Shawn
The last match was even more exciting in reality since Cedric & Shawn won the first round with 2 points. Lucas & Brittany won the second with one point. Finally Lucas & Brittany scored two points in the third round and win the match, and get to stay in the race.
The pit stop is right by the course so team can check in as soon as they have won a match. They do this in the following order:
1(+1) Alex & Conor, win $5000 each
2(+1) Cody & Jessica
3(-2) Kristi & Jen
4(+1) Joey & Tim
5(-1) Trevor & Chris
6(+1) Henry & Evan
7(+1) Eric & Daniel
8(-2) Lucas & Brittany
9(+0) Cedric & Shawn, are eliminated
"I've been watching for 29 seasons, my whole family, and I wanted to win", Cedric
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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 30, Episode 5, "Gotta put your sole into it"
Film date: 2017-10-10
The last pit stop was at Place des Lices, Saint Tropez France. Teams are released somewhere nearby, right by the water, after what seems to have been an extended pit stop. They are released as follows:
1.Alex & Conor 01:492.Cody & Jessica 02:02+0:133.Kristi & Jen 02:10+0:214.Joey & Tim 02:18+0:295.Trevor & Chris 02:38+0:496.Henry & Evan 02:52+1:037.Eric & Daniel 04:04+2:158.Lucas & Brittany04:28+2:39
The first clue tells teams to drive themselves to Château des Baux. This place did feature in the first season of TAR.
The château (192km 2h25min) turns out to be closed when teams arrive and opens at 08:30 in the morning. Which means that all teams have time to catch up although Henry & Even apparently just got there half an hour before they opened. And they all get to see a marvelous sunrise, but cold.
At 08:30 a man clad in medieval armor opens the gate. Teams rush in and find their next clue box.
Road block: "Who wants to go medieval on this road block?"
In this road block contestants must use the provided parts to put together a trebuchet. And to further motivate them their partners will be put in the stocks while they work.
For added ambiance there is a big trebuchet here as well which is firing while the teams work.
"Oh, this is fun", Jessica does not sound enthusiastic at all when she is lead to the stocks
"Tim's not, uf, the most, uh, experienced builder", Joey is worried
This all takes place on a hilltop in the morning. The sun is up but there is a freezing wind as well so most racers complain about being cold. Specially those in the stocks.
"Ernest delivery and words of encouragement", Trevor goes meta on Chris
"I don't have any idea what I'm doing here", Conor is stumped
"He always calls me the stockier twin", Daniel keeps making puns
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1.Lucas* & Brittany(3-2)2.Cody* & Jessica (3-2)3.Kristi* & Jen (3-2)4.Eric* & Daniel (3-2)5.Henry* & Evan (3-2)6.Trevor & Chris* (2-3)7.Joey & Tim* (2-3)8.Alex & Conor* (2-3)
The next clue directs teams to drive themselves to Café de la Fontaine and ask the man enjoying a glass of red wine for their next clue.
"I can't believe that we are losing to the life guards right now", Jessica has clear ideas about relative team strength
Teams reach the café (5km 9min) in the following order:
1(+0) Lucas & Brittany
2(+1) Kristi & Jen
3(-1) Cody & Jessica
4(+0) Eric & Daniel
5(+0) Henry & Evan
6(+0) Trevor & Chris
7(+1) Alex & Conor
8(-1) Joey & Tim
Detour: Full of bull or colorful
In full of bull teams must make their way to the Arena d'Arles. Here they must search among lots of replica bulls of different sizes for three different colored ribbons. The ribbons are held in small pouches between the horns.
In colorful teams must make their way to Pont de Langlois (24km 27min), which is an iconic old bridge which van Gogh painted. Here they will find a big replica of a van Gogh painting with some movable parts. They must figure out in which order they need to move the parts to unlock the paining so they can pick up the clue inside.
Henry & Evan initially decide to do colorful but while they are on their way they decide to change since there seems to be lower variance (their word) with the bull detour.
The Arena is a big landmark and hard to miss. But it is in a pedestrian zone and finding the designated parking on Rue de la Cavalerie (17km 25min) turns out to be very frustrating for many teams.
The first teams to the arena are Kristi & Jen and Lucas & Brittany. Both teams want to win this task so the search pace is set to frantic.
"Kristi, let's separate form them", Jen does not wan to go the same route as Lucas & Brittany
Both Joey & Tim and Trevor & Chris have a hard time finding their respective detours.
"We are pretty lost at the moment", Chris
The puzzle detour is puzzling. The clue only says that they need solve the puzzle to reveal their next clue. After some confused moments Joey & Tim realize that some pieces on the painting can be moved. They quickly figure out the sequence. Which seems to be fairly simple since it seems that at any moment only one piece can slide and when it is moved it unlocks another and so on. What then stumps them is that the last step is to move the top of the easel as well. This seems to take them quite a while to figure out.
"We think we solved it about 10 times before we understood how to open the box that contained our clue", Tim
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Lucas & Brittany, bull
2(+0) Kristi & Jen, bull, less than a minute after #1
3(+1) Eric & Daniel, bull
4(+1) Henry & Evan, bull
5(+2) Alex & Conor, bull
6(-3) Cody & Jessica, bull
7(-1) Trevor & Chris, bull
8(+0) Joey & Tim, colorful
The next clue sends teams to the pit stop at Hotel Benvengudo.
Production helpfully included driving directions to this hotel in the clue. However Kristi & Jen missed this so they stop to ask for directions and this lets Lucas & Brittany to overtake them.
Trevor & Chris are convinced that they are last when they eventually arrive at the mat.
"I can't see how anybody would have been slower than us", Chris
Teams reach the mat at the hotel (16km 25min from the arena and 23km 28min from the colorful detour) in the following order:
1(+0) Lucas & Brittany, win a trip to Bali
2(+0) Kristi & Jen
3(+0) Eric & Daniel, arrive just as Lucas is getting the ring
4(+0) Henry & Evan
5(+0) Alex & Conor, arrive in time to congratulate the newly engaged couple
6(+0) Cody & Jessica
7(+0) Trevor & Chris
8(+0) Joey & Tim, are eliminated
And, as should be obvious from the above and from all the not so subtle hints the race has been giving us, Lucas proposes to Brittany on the mat. Many tears and much happiness ensues.
"It was a tremendous privilege to get to do this", Tim
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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 30, Episode 6, "The claws are out"
Film date: 2017-10-11 - 2017-10-12
Note, all driving times and distances are from Google maps and should taken with a big sack of salt.
This episode starts a little different. First we get to see teams use the Travelocity app to book their flights to Prague, Czech Republic. Then we get to see the start times.
The last pit stop was at Hotel Benvengudo in the south of
France. Teams are released from the hotel in the following order:
1.Lucas & Brittany16:342.Kristi & Jen 16:43+0:093.Eric & Daniel 16:52+0:184.Henry & Evan 16:58+0:245.Alex & Conor 17:00+0:266.Cody & Jessica 17:09+0:357.Trevor & Chris 17:43+1:09
The first clue tells teams to fly to Prague. It also warns them that there is a double U-turn ahead.
Teams start by taking a taxi to the Marseilles airport (71km 52min).
"The possibility of a U-turn tells me to be a little bit more insecure about my relationship against the other teams", Evan
"The claws are coming out", Evan gets the title
Teams are split onto two different flights.
Flight #1 is:
VY1509 MRS - BCN 23:12 - 23:57 (scheduled 22:10 - 23:15)
VY8652 BCN - PRG 07:42 - 10:08 (scheduled 07:35 - 09:58)
And carries:
Henry & Evan
Eric & Daniel
Kristi & Jen
Lucas & Brittany
Flight #2 is:
SN3604 MRS - BRU 06:54 - 08:30 (scheduled 06:40 - 08:30)
SN2809 BRU - PRG 09:39 - 11:00 (scheduled 09:30 - 11:00)
and carries:
Cody & Jessica
Alex & Conor
Trevor & Chris
Once teams land they must travel by taxi to the Rudolfinum, where they will find the double U-turn and their next clue.
"We've got the worlds fastest cabdriver", Kristi & Jen found a gem and they keep him for the rest of the leg
Teams reach the U-turn board (13km 23min) in the following order:
1. Kristi & Jen
2. Lucas & Brittany
3. Eric & Daniel
4. Henry & Evan, just after #1
5. Alex & Conor
6. Cody & Jessica, U-turns Trevor & Chris
7. Trevor & Chris, arrive as Jessica & Cody are searching for a taxi
Detour: This or that
And that is basically all the clue says. The extra info lists the locations of the detour options. Teams will find out what they are doing once they arrive at the location.
Henry & Evan get into a small argument here where Henry wants to take a taxi and Evan wants them to do what they said before the race and use public transport.
"I'd say that I'm tactful but pointed", Evan, who won the argument
"This" takes place at the Staropramen brewery (3km 9min). Teams must break down one stack of empty kegs and re-stack them nearby. One of the 68 kegs is full. When they find it they must tap it and pour a perfect mug of beer (there is a picture for reference). They have to bring this to the brewmaster and once he approves they must transport their full keg, on foot, to Fidelio at Naplavka Smichov. This turns out to be a party boat on the nearby river.
In "That" teams must make their way to the Department of Chemistry at Charles University (3km 13min). Here they must listen to two lectures (6min each) one claiming that the earth is flat and the other, more reality based, that it is round. After the lectures there will be an oral exam of 8 questions which they must answer correctly.
The lectures are filled with numbers and there is no way of knowing which will feature on the exam. Also the exam will be cut short as soon as you give a wrong answer so you can not go in there once to hear all the questions. But you are free to go back to the lecture whenever you want. The exam questions are:
* What is the distance in miles that Copernicus calculated between the earth and the sun? Answer: 3,391,000 miles
* What is the name of the second lecturer? Answer: Prof Bergler
* Which planet did Copernicus say was the second farthest from the sun? Answer: Jupiter
* What is the law which causes objects to disappear as they move away from us? Answer: law of perspective
* NOT HEARD. Answer: Blue
* Up to how many miles away can a lighthouse be seen? Answer: 40 miles
* What year did Copernicus publish his astronomical model? Answer: 1543
* Is the earth round or flat? Answer: round
Lucas & Brittany are the first to arrive to the lecture hall, but this detour is not for them, their eyes glaze over almost immediately. They quickly decide to switch.
"That's what we always did, we skipped school to go to the beach", Brittany
The keg stacking is straightforward and the pouring is only slightly harder. Specially since the brewmaster tell you what you did wrong.
"Henry, this is what you missed by not being in a fraternity", Evan while moving empty beer kegs
One difficulty which wasn't really shown is that it was quite a walk to the brewmaster so a lot of foam had time to evaporate before you got there. You had to either add too much foam at the start, or do what Kristi & Jen did and bring an extra glass of foam and refill it just around the corner.
The hard part turns out to be to find the party boat Fidelio. This could be because teams are not told that Fidelio is a boat.
"Sometimes the game sucks", Kristi is searching
"It's very frustrating when you can't find where you are going", Brittany
Jody & Jessica arrive at the university just as Eric & Daniel are leaving. But once inside they make their way to the wrong lecture hall.
"This is not English", Jessica realize the lecturer speaking Czech
They immediately decode to switch.
"I hope nobody's drinking this", Jessica as she uses her hand to scoop out foam from their beer
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+2) Eric & Daniel, lecture on their 9th attempt
2(-1) Kristi & Jen, beer
3(+1) Henry & Evan, beer
Trevor & Chris, lecture on their 2nd attempt
4(-2) Lucas & Brittany, beer after spending more than an hour searching for the boat
5(+0) Alex & Conor, just after #4
6(+0) Cody & Jessica, beer
7(+0) Trevor & Chris, beer
The next clue directs teams to the Andëlská Láze Beer Spa. Teams arrive here in the following order:
1(+1) Kristi & Jen
2(-1) Eric & Daniel
3(+0) Henry & Evan
4(+0) Lucas & Brittany
5(+0) Alex & Conor, seconds after team #4
6(+0) Cody & Jessica, seconds after team #5
7(+0) Trevor & Chris
At the spa teams find three men bathing in beer and also drinking beer. They are merry and conjure the next clue from their baths. The is a route info which directs teams to Stará Çistírna Odpadních Vod where they should search outside for their next clue.
Teams arrive here (8km 14min) in the following order:
1(+0) Kristi & Jen
2(+0) Eric & Daniel, a minute after #1
3(+0) Henry & Evan, while the first two teams are still here
4(+2) Cody & Jessica, after the first three teams have left
5(+0) Alex & Conor
6(-2) Lucas & Brittany
7(+0) Trevor & Chris, as Alex & Conor are leaving
Here teams find a road block, and it is a switchback to season 15. Players must enter a a big room full of old fashioned ringing phones. Players must find the eight phones which have somebody else on the other end of the line and hear the words they each say. They must then arrange these words into a famous Kafka quote "The meaning of life is that it stops".
Players are not allowed to make any notes.
"The ringing was maddening", Jen
"Wow. Oh, my gosh", Evan upon entering the room with the ringing phones
Evan & Daniel decide to work together. A very cute fact is that Daniel, a family man, mishears some of the words so he thinks he hears "wife" instead of "life" and "love" instead of "of".
The judging of this task has a big psychological element (and this is what got Big Easy in season 15). For each guess they must fill in a form with a bunch of random questions plus their answer. Then a guy examines it under a magnifying glass and if it is wrong he takes a big red X-stamp and goes wild on the form. If the answer is right they get a big KAFKA stamp on their form, and their next clue.
Brittany, Jessica and Alex work together. But Jessica seems to be sneaky and it seems she does not tell them the correct words. But as she has her form approved she tells the others the correct phrase.
"She told us wrong.. just to save it for her", Brittany is not happy about Jessica's behavior
Jessica later says that she did not want anybody else to benefit from her work unless she was the first one out. She achieved that but may have put a target on her back.
According to interviews Trevor did not hear all the words so he just guessed the quote. Apparently he did this really well because it seems they complete this task quickly (they think it took about 35 minutes).
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Kristi & Jen* (3-3)2(+0)Eric & Daniel* (3-3)3(+0)Henry & Evan* (3-3)Just after #24(+0)Cody & Jessica* (3-3)5(+0)Alex* & Conor (3-3)6(+0)Lucas & Brittany*(3-3)7(+0)Trevor* & Chris (3-3)
In the telecast it look like this clue sends teams directly to the pit stop. In reality it sends them to Romantik Hotel U Raka (5km 15min) where they pick up the clue sending them to the pit stop at Letenské Park (4km 11min).
The first difficulty is getting a taxi. These are few and far between at the road block.
"It's really hard to get a taxi in the suburbs of Prague", Alex
Trevor & Chris talk to some locals who advice them to take the metro. I assume this is to the hotel where they pick up their next clue.
As usual the episode is cut to make it look like a close race between the last two teams. Trevor & Chris are seen flying through the challenges and Cody & Jessica are having issues. And it really comes down to transportation issues and the 30+ minutes took to complete the road block (since we know Trevor & Chris arrived as Alex & Conor left).
Teams reach Phil and the mat in the following order:
1(+0) Kristi & Jen, win a trip to Perth, Australia
2(+0) Eric & Daniel
3(+0) Henry & Evan
4(+1) Alex & Conor
5(+1) Lucas & Brittany
6(-2) Cody & Jessica
7(+0) Trevor & Chris, are eliminated
"I'm just so glad we had this opportunity to do this together", Chris
claude_24hrs:
Maf, could you add this on your post that I updated the first flight in the transportation thread:
--- Quote ---Vueling (VY) 1509, MRS-BCN, 2312 (10/11) - 2357 (10/11) (scheduled 2210-2315)
Vueling (VY) 8652, BCN-PRG, 0742 (10/12) - 1008 (10/12) (scheduled 0735-0958)
--- End quote ---
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