We're Good American People (Switzerland)
I was on the Island visiting the folks this weekend and honestly don’t have the heart to re-watch this episode to do the full recap – so I’m doing a mini-recap from memory…
The teams headed out from Vienna, Austria via train to Liechtenstein – one of the smallest countries in the world. Gary & Mallory were saved last leg as it was a non-elimination round so they will face a Speed Bump this leg – and they stayed up all night watching the scenery because it was such beautiful country. Okay, I love the fact that they want to enjoy the travel and experience the places… but you need to sleep- jeesh.
Once in Liechtenstein everyone grabs a cab, the cowboys were the first team out – they get the clue to the ROADBLOCK – they find out one team member must ride a moped the length of Liechtenstein following a map and counting the kilometers – once they get to the end point, they must tell the Olympic athlete (I guess this little country still sends people to the Olympics) the total kms (22km) to get the next clue.
Jet is the first one out, followed by Flight Time, Justin, Jen, Vyxsin… Out on the road Jet says this reminds him of Dumb & Dumber – Ha, yeah, on the mopeds with the helmet – classic.
The Speed Bump is also there – Gary & Mallory must determine the mixture of gasoline to oil to fill the moped’s tank correctly… Mallory’s never been good at numbers… but they do figure it out relatively quickly and Gary heads out on the moped.
Jet and Flight Time get a little lost, they can’t figure out the map. Justin is magic with the maps and getting places- have you noticed that? They never seem to get lost, Justin has a great internal compass and map reading skills (or he has a GPS chip in his head… hmm.) Jen is usually pretty good with maps too and she’s riding along strong… doesn’t notice the map fly out of her pocket – uh oh. And Vyxsin is showing her usual map skills – she can’t make heads or tails of it and is stopped half the time spinning it around trying to figure out where she is and where she needs to go.
Jen notices she’s lost the map and can’t find it but she does run into Justin and says she’s good with a map if he’ll share they can help each other out – of course he lets her tag along.
Lost or not, Jet is the first one to the end point but he tells the guy 35kms – Wrong. He has to go back to the start and do it over again. Dang it!
Justin is the next person to the end, and he has the correct 22kms – Jen, being with him heard his count and she gets it right as well… They head back to pick up their partners and run into Flight Time along the way – he asks them what the number is so he won’t have to do it again… and they tell him – then they tell Vyxsin and Gary as well – WHAT?! CHEATERS! I am so disgusted… urgggh.
So everybody finishes it the first time and Jet had to do it twice – he gets the correct km count the second time but they are now pretty far behind the rest of the teams… who have now moved on to Switzerland… and caution – there is a Double U-Turn Ahead – Oh for gravy sakes!
In Switzerland Zev & Justin and Jen & Kisha are the first teams to get the clue for the DETOUR – Cheese or Whiz…
-In Cheese – they have to eat a whole huge pot of cheese fondue – so hunks of bread dipped in melted Swiss cheese – they have to eat all the cheese to the bottom of the pot (makes me feel queasy just thinking about it) to get the next clue.
-In Whiz – they have to dress in bellman’s outfits and deliver 20 pieces of luggage to 5 different hotels – the luggage is all labeled with certain hotel names so they have to make sure they get the correct mix of bags to make up the correct total of hotels and bags – at each hotel they have to collect tickets for the bags and once finished present the 20 tickets to the bag handler to get the next clue.
-Justin was leery of another eating challenge but Zev says he’s hungry and he’s ready to tackle the cheese. Surprisingly Jen & Kisha decide to go for the cheese too – which I thought strange, both of these teams tried and failed the schnitzel challenge last leg. And the girls realize pretty quickly that there is no way they were going to be able to eat that whole pot of cheese – they decide to switch tasks. Justin wants to abandon it too – but Zev won’t let him – we’re in too deep now – Justin is not too happy but he keeps choking it down.
-The sisters start on the baggage delivery – they get their uniforms and their cart – load up with some luggage and head out trying to find the hotels.
-The rest of the teams come in one by one – and everyone is doing the luggage delivery – Kent & Vyxsin, Gary & Mallory, the Globetrotters… meanwhile Justin has had to go outside and puke his guts out – nice. While he’s out on the balcony with a bucket Kisha & Jen ask him how it’s going – Just throwing up… don’t mind me.
-Kent is whining as usual, everything is too heavy and hard – bicker, bicker, bicker – I’m just sick of everyone at this point – they are all horrible cheaters.
-Zev & Justin, persevered and actually made it through the pot of cheese to get the next clue. They are in first place – Way to go boys - they head out and get to the double U-Turn board- they decide not to U-Turn anyone. Almost makes me like them again… almost.
-The Cowboys show up and jump right in to delivering the luggage – that is their best hope of catching up, they are good on their feet… run boys, run.
-Kisha & Jen finish with their deliveries and get the next clue – at the U-Turn they also forego U-Turning anyone.
-Kent & Vyxsin and Gary & Mallory also finish their deliveries and don’t U-Turn anyone… I’m still really not happy with any of you cheaters.
-The Globetrotters run into some trouble when they go to hand in their tickets… they only have 18, Flight Time lost 2 tickets… come on Cowboys – here’s your chance. The Globetrotters have to grab two more bags to deliver so they can get 20 tickets.
-The Cowboys are almost done with their deliveries but the Globetrotters finish first and hit the U-Turn board – and guess what… They U-Turned the Cowboys – YOU BASTARDS!
-Jet and Cord finish delivering the bags and see they’ve been U-Turned – meaning they have to go now eat a whole pot of Swiss cheese to add insult to injury. And I’m done with this season – I hate everyone left in the Race. I don’t care who wins –they are all cheaters.
Here’s How I think the finished:
1) Zev & Justin – they won something – they’ve also come in first more than any other team this season. (How do you feel about your team now Denise?)
2) Jen & Kisha
3) Kent & Vyxsin – why are these two still there – so over them.
4) Gary & Mallory
5) Globetrotters
6) The Cowboys – ELIMINATED – I think the producers should have gone and told them not to eat all that cheese – they were already last, everyone had checked in… But classy to the end, the Cowboys weren’t bitter – Cord says they hit the nail on the head when they called this race Amazing – Jet says there is no one else he’d rather travel around the world with… except maybe my wife – Cord, “I don’t blame ya.”
So – with the Cowboys leaving Fred & Gary M, Shane B, Coleen T (Yeah, me), Esther B and Jeff T are all eliminated from the pools as well. Are you my bitter buddies?
I’m really bitter about this elimination, hopefully I’ll feel better next week.
Next week: They have to be lowered into a snow cave… I think… and it looks like Big Easy and Kent get into it in the kitchen. (Kent has become one of my least favourite people in the past few weeks – maybe Big Easy will just snap him in half like a twig – it could happen.)
Have a great week everyone – GO CANUCKS GO!
Coleen
I was on the Island visiting the folks this weekend and honestly don’t have the heart to re-watch this episode to do the full recap – so I’m doing a mini-recap from memory…
The teams headed out from Vienna, Austria via train to Liechtenstein – one of the smallest countries in the world. Gary & Mallory were saved last leg as it was a non-elimination round so they will face a Speed Bump this leg – and they stayed up all night watching the scenery because it was such beautiful country. Okay, I love the fact that they want to enjoy the travel and experience the places… but you need to sleep- jeesh.
Once in Liechtenstein everyone grabs a cab, the cowboys were the first team out – they get the clue to the ROADBLOCK – they find out one team member must ride a moped the length of Liechtenstein following a map and counting the kilometers – once they get to the end point, they must tell the Olympic athlete (I guess this little country still sends people to the Olympics) the total kms (22km) to get the next clue.
Jet is the first one out, followed by Flight Time, Justin, Jen, Vyxsin… Out on the road Jet says this reminds him of Dumb & Dumber – Ha, yeah, on the mopeds with the helmet – classic.
The Speed Bump is also there – Gary & Mallory must determine the mixture of gasoline to oil to fill the moped’s tank correctly… Mallory’s never been good at numbers… but they do figure it out relatively quickly and Gary heads out on the moped.
Jet and Flight Time get a little lost, they can’t figure out the map. Justin is magic with the maps and getting places- have you noticed that? They never seem to get lost, Justin has a great internal compass and map reading skills (or he has a GPS chip in his head… hmm.) Jen is usually pretty good with maps too and she’s riding along strong… doesn’t notice the map fly out of her pocket – uh oh. And Vyxsin is showing her usual map skills – she can’t make heads or tails of it and is stopped half the time spinning it around trying to figure out where she is and where she needs to go.
Jen notices she’s lost the map and can’t find it but she does run into Justin and says she’s good with a map if he’ll share they can help each other out – of course he lets her tag along.
Lost or not, Jet is the first one to the end point but he tells the guy 35kms – Wrong. He has to go back to the start and do it over again. Dang it!
Justin is the next person to the end, and he has the correct 22kms – Jen, being with him heard his count and she gets it right as well… They head back to pick up their partners and run into Flight Time along the way – he asks them what the number is so he won’t have to do it again… and they tell him – then they tell Vyxsin and Gary as well – WHAT?! CHEATERS! I am so disgusted… urgggh.
So everybody finishes it the first time and Jet had to do it twice – he gets the correct km count the second time but they are now pretty far behind the rest of the teams… who have now moved on to Switzerland… and caution – there is a Double U-Turn Ahead – Oh for gravy sakes!
In Switzerland Zev & Justin and Jen & Kisha are the first teams to get the clue for the DETOUR – Cheese or Whiz…
-In Cheese – they have to eat a whole huge pot of cheese fondue – so hunks of bread dipped in melted Swiss cheese – they have to eat all the cheese to the bottom of the pot (makes me feel queasy just thinking about it) to get the next clue.
-In Whiz – they have to dress in bellman’s outfits and deliver 20 pieces of luggage to 5 different hotels – the luggage is all labeled with certain hotel names so they have to make sure they get the correct mix of bags to make up the correct total of hotels and bags – at each hotel they have to collect tickets for the bags and once finished present the 20 tickets to the bag handler to get the next clue.
-Justin was leery of another eating challenge but Zev says he’s hungry and he’s ready to tackle the cheese. Surprisingly Jen & Kisha decide to go for the cheese too – which I thought strange, both of these teams tried and failed the schnitzel challenge last leg. And the girls realize pretty quickly that there is no way they were going to be able to eat that whole pot of cheese – they decide to switch tasks. Justin wants to abandon it too – but Zev won’t let him – we’re in too deep now – Justin is not too happy but he keeps choking it down.
-The sisters start on the baggage delivery – they get their uniforms and their cart – load up with some luggage and head out trying to find the hotels.
-The rest of the teams come in one by one – and everyone is doing the luggage delivery – Kent & Vyxsin, Gary & Mallory, the Globetrotters… meanwhile Justin has had to go outside and puke his guts out – nice. While he’s out on the balcony with a bucket Kisha & Jen ask him how it’s going – Just throwing up… don’t mind me.
-Kent is whining as usual, everything is too heavy and hard – bicker, bicker, bicker – I’m just sick of everyone at this point – they are all horrible cheaters.
-Zev & Justin, persevered and actually made it through the pot of cheese to get the next clue. They are in first place – Way to go boys - they head out and get to the double U-Turn board- they decide not to U-Turn anyone. Almost makes me like them again… almost.
-The Cowboys show up and jump right in to delivering the luggage – that is their best hope of catching up, they are good on their feet… run boys, run.
-Kisha & Jen finish with their deliveries and get the next clue – at the U-Turn they also forego U-Turning anyone.
-Kent & Vyxsin and Gary & Mallory also finish their deliveries and don’t U-Turn anyone… I’m still really not happy with any of you cheaters.
-The Globetrotters run into some trouble when they go to hand in their tickets… they only have 18, Flight Time lost 2 tickets… come on Cowboys – here’s your chance. The Globetrotters have to grab two more bags to deliver so they can get 20 tickets.
-The Cowboys are almost done with their deliveries but the Globetrotters finish first and hit the U-Turn board – and guess what… They U-Turned the Cowboys – YOU BASTARDS!
-Jet and Cord finish delivering the bags and see they’ve been U-Turned – meaning they have to go now eat a whole pot of Swiss cheese to add insult to injury. And I’m done with this season – I hate everyone left in the Race. I don’t care who wins –they are all cheaters.
Here’s How I think the finished:
1) Zev & Justin – they won something – they’ve also come in first more than any other team this season. (How do you feel about your team now Denise?)
2) Jen & Kisha
3) Kent & Vyxsin – why are these two still there – so over them.
4) Gary & Mallory
5) Globetrotters
6) The Cowboys – ELIMINATED – I think the producers should have gone and told them not to eat all that cheese – they were already last, everyone had checked in… But classy to the end, the Cowboys weren’t bitter – Cord says they hit the nail on the head when they called this race Amazing – Jet says there is no one else he’d rather travel around the world with… except maybe my wife – Cord, “I don’t blame ya.”
So – with the Cowboys leaving Fred & Gary M, Shane B, Coleen T (Yeah, me), Esther B and Jeff T are all eliminated from the pools as well. Are you my bitter buddies?
I’m really bitter about this elimination, hopefully I’ll feel better next week.
Next week: They have to be lowered into a snow cave… I think… and it looks like Big Easy and Kent get into it in the kitchen. (Kent has become one of my least favourite people in the past few weeks – maybe Big Easy will just snap him in half like a twig – it could happen.)
Have a great week everyone – GO CANUCKS GO!
Coleen
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