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"The Practical Nomad"--Edward Hasbrouck
TheBayAreaGuy:
Hey Edward,
Is there a way your articles can be saved on https://web.archive.org/ ?
They don't seem to be saved there.
--- Quote from: The Practical Nomad on November 28, 2020, 09:25:47 PM ---Thanks very much to all for the welcome. I've missed a few episodes and most of a season when I was travelling in places where TAR wasn't being broadcast, or when I was diverted by a family emergency. But I've covered almost every other season and episode.
My focus for the start has been what real-world travellers can lear from watching TAR, and other travel commentary. Some of my columns are more directly releated to the race, some not so much, some not at all. If you are looking for Soap Opera Digest commentary about the racers, you may want to look elsewhere.
I've interviewed a few cast members, and I had one of the first major spoilers. Many cast members have used my columns to help prepare for the race.
I'm impressed and appeciative of all the spoilers here. I use them to help know where the race will be going, and where I might need to be prepared to write about when it is broadcast. Thanks to all the TAR detectives!
There are links to all my TAR columns here:
https://hasbrouck.org/amazingrace/
You can also subscribe to my e-mail newsletter, which includes my articles on each TAR episide plus other news:
https://hasbrouck.org/newsletter/
My articles about the current season so far are here:
https://hasbrouck.org/amazingrace32/index2.html
1. Wednesday, 14 October 2020 (Cody and Nathan eliminated):
Los Angeles, CA (USA) - Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad & Tobago) - Tobago (Trinidad & Tobago)
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002547.html
2. Wednesday, 21 October 2020 (LaVonne and Kellie eliminated):
Tobago (Trinidad & Tobago) - Bogotá (Colombia) - Nemocón (Colombia) - Bogotá (Colombia)
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002549.html
3. Wednesday, 28 October 2020 (Frank and Jerry eliminated):
Bogotá (Colombia) - Manaus (Brazil)
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002550.html
4. Wednesday, 4 November 2020:
Manaus (Brazil) - Asunción (Paraguay)
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002553.html
5. Wednesday, 11 November 2020 (Victoria and Michelle eliminated)
Asunción (Paraguay) - Roissy (France) - Chantilly (France) - Paris (France)
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002554.html
6. Wednesday, 18 November 2020 (Alana and Leo eliminated):
Paris (France) - Berlin (Germany) - Almaty (Qazakstan)
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002556.html
7. Wednesday, 25 November 2020 (Haley and Kaylynn eliminated):
Almaty (Qazakstan) - Hyderabad, Telangana (India)
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002557.html
(I have my own way of counting what is an episode. I've been internally consistent about it, but it may not correspond with yours, especially when there are 2-hour episodes.)
Feedback is welcomed, here or in comments on my blog for those who don't read this forum.
Bon voyage!
Edward
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The Practical Nomad:
--- Quote from: TheBayAreaGuy on February 15, 2022, 12:10:57 AM ---Hey Edward,
Is there a way your articles can be saved on https://web.archive.org/ ?
They don't seem to be saved there.
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They are all available on my own Web site at:
https://hasbrouck.org/amazingrace/
The Practical Nomad:
The Amazing Race 33, Episode 7:
Bonifacio, Corsica (France) - Thessaloniki, Macedonia (Greece)
This episode of The Amazing Race 33 takes place in the environs of the city known today as Thessaloniki, on the north-eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the portion of Macedonia that is now part of Greece.
In the USA, popular images of “Greece” and “the Balkans” barely if at all intersect. Few people in the USA think of Greece as a Balkan country. But while borders within the Balkans are, of course, contested, Macedonia is actually quite central to Balkan history and to many maps of the Balkans as a region.
Once upon a time, Macedonia was the center of the empire of Alexander the Great. For those of you who haven’t been keeping score on the latest Balkan wars and changes in names and borders, a substantial part of Macedonia is now in Greece, another large part (formerly part of Yugoslavia) is now the independent country of North Macedonia (extra credit if you can name its capital, and double points if you can pronounce it!) , and still another sizable part is in Bulgaria. Advocates for a greater Macedonia also include smaller portions of Serbia, Albania, and Kosovo in their claims.
Each of these countries has their own perspective on this paradigmatically Balkanized region and city. If you’re in Thessaloniki and want the dominant local narrative of the most recent century or two of the region’s history, as told by its current inhabitants, a good place to start is the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle in central Thessaloniki. For a longer-term historical view by an outsider, see Mark Mazower’s Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950.
But I’m getting ahead of myself, just as the racers jetted ahead of any ordinary travellers. Between legs of The Amazing Race 33, another chartered jet ferried the cast and crew of the reality-TV show to Thessaloniki from the island of Corsica in the Western Mediterranean. If you don’t have a private jet, how do you get to Thessaloniki in the first place?
Perhaps unintentionally, TV advertisements can lead us to an answer, although not the only one....
More:
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002644.html
The Practical Nomad:
The Amazing Race 33, Episode 8:
Thessaloniki, Macedonia (Greece)
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[PHOTO: Skateboarders at the base of the White Tower in Thessaloniki,
which was the finish line of this leg of The Amazing Race 33.]
I watched this episode of "The Amazing Race 33" with my stepfather, whose
Greek-speaking and Greek-identified parents came to the USA as refugees
from the city across the Aegean Sea from Thessaloniki in “Asia Minor” then
known in Greek as Smyrna, and today in Turkish as Izmir.
We were both pleased to see the reality-TV show call attention to
Thessaloniki, but disappointed that it highlighted so little of what makes
this under-appreciated city so interesting and enjoyable to visit....
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More, including photos and links:
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002645.html
The Practical Nomad:
The Amazing Race 33, Episode 9 (season finale):
Thessaloniki, Macedonia (Greece) - Lisbon (Portugal) - Almada (Portugal) - Setúbal (Portugal) - Sesimbra (Portugal) - Lisbon (Portugal) - Portsmouth, NH (USA) - Los Angeles, CA (USA) - Carson, CA (USA)
After another flight on their chartered Boeing 757 from Greece to Portugal, the cast of The Amazing Race 33 was driven across the Ponte 25 de Abril from Lisbon (on the north bank of the Targus River estuary) to Almada (on the south bank) to resume racing at the foot of the monumental statue of Christ the King....
More including photos and links:
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002646.html
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