Good Job, Donkey
Last leg in Venice, Matt & Redmond finally came in first place and Liz & Michael came in last but it was a non-elimination round so they will face a Speed Bump on this leg.
The Boys get the clue that they are heading to Greece... and they hit us with some Dad humour (well, Mary Poppins humour actually, this joke was in that movie):
Matt: A couple weeks ago I met this guy with a carbon fiber leg named Redmond.
Redmond: What was the name of his other leg? (Ba hum cha!)
These two are having the time of their lives.
-Floyd & Becca are right behind them and also a team that has clicked from the beginning, still Team Fun, still upbeat and loving life.
-Tara & Joey, Mom & Dad are also having a great race, no drama, just getting 'er done.
-Then we come to Scott & Brooke, the team you love to hate. He is still needling her at every chance he gets because she just makes it so darn easy. Scott: Maybe we'll go to Marathon and have to run.
Brooke: Oh yeah, cause this team is made for running, she screeches. I think they would happily strangle each other in their sleep if it wouldn't take them out of the race.
-Oh yeah, London & Logan - these two are so vanilla, I actually keep forgetting about them - he keeps his cool, she keeps her cool and that's about it.
-Finally Liz & Michael - the bearded wonder and his little cowgirl sidekick - no one can say they aren't colourful and fun to watch... when he's not being a stubborn dumb@ss.
So they are all on the same flight to Bari, Italy where they will board a ferry for the 16 hour ferry ride across the Mediterranean Sea to Patras, Greece. They will then have to drive themselves over 100 miles to the small mountain village of Arahova where they will hit a traditional Greek Wedding and face the last of the double U-Turns. (Oof, it seems like there were a lot of U-Turns in this season.)
-But the first hurdle they have to overcome is the self-drive, which has been Mike & Liz's downfall on many a leg so far- and this one was no different. However, they were staying with the pack until Mike turned left and everyone else turned right... instead of stopping and turning around, he refused to backtrack and stubbornly insisted that they were going to loop back around - it would be fine... they ended up driving up a mountain in the wrong direction - I would have lost my mind, but I think Liz is just beyond arguing with him when he gets like that.
-This drive proved a huge issue for Becca & Floyd as well, they were lost from the moment they got in the car - to their credit they stayed positive, I don't know how, but they did.
Tara & Joey were the first team to the wedding and they join in the dancing - not noticing that the actual cluebox and U-Turn board were across the street until Scott & Brooke show up and he's yelling at her to get over there. Matt & Redmond are there at this point too and all three teams hit the U-Turn board - Scott & Brooke U-Turn Mike & Liz (well, that was kind of kicking them while they are down) - so Tara & Joey decide to U-Turn Team Fun in the hopes of giving their friends Mike & Liz a bit of a fighting chance.
-These three teams read the clue to the DETOUR: For the Bride or For the Groom.
In For the Bride: They have to deliver two big tins of sheep's milk carried by a donkey, to two specialty cheese makers, exchange the milk for cheese and deliver it to the bride to get the next clue.
In For the Groom: They will have to take part in a sporting contest racing up 252 steps past the church of St George, to a shepherd a the top who will give them the gift for the groom (which is a live goat.) Both detours deal with live animals, that can be challenging in and of itself.
Everyone chooses For the Bride (of course, who wants to race up stairs?) and they take off looking for the donkeys.
By the way, Floyd & Becca haven't even crossed the bridge yet which was at the very beginning of the drive and Mike & Liz are still driving up a mountain somewhere, he's still refusing to turn around and it's her fault, "We don't know which way we came because you can't read that map." (Um, you just came from there - duh.)
Detour: The donkey's weren't that bad, they knew what they were there for. They all got the cheese relatively easily and headed back to the wedding.
-London & Logan got to the U-Turn board and were relieved to see they weren't U-Turned but surprised to see that Becca & Floyd were U-Turned, "How can you U-Turn Team Fun?" They also choose For the Bride.
Tara & Joey were the first team to get the clue from the bride in the form of a plate they had to smash on the ground (OPA!) inside the shattered plate was the clue - to drive themselves to Panathenaic Stadium in the city of Athens to get their next clue.
-Floyd & Becca and Mike & Liz are still lost and driving... yikes.
Athens - Tara & Joey get to the stadium and have to run one lap around the track to get their next clue (seriously? Sure it was the site of the first Olympic games... but running more, come on - yeah, I wouldn't do well on this race haha.) - the clue tells them to make their way on foot to Zappeion and search for their next clue (sheesh.)
Matt & Redmond and Brooke & Scott get to the stadium and see that Liz & Mike's Speed bump is there (just to add insult to injury) - they get to running.
Meanwhile, Mike & Liz have finally made it to the wedding and see that they were U-Turned by Scott & Brooke - and they were super bitter! Mike doesn't let anything go ever, and Liz was right there with him - (Bitter Betty, party of two?) They start with For the Bride with Mike ranting about how he helped Becca with her ladel - this was just a slap in the face (Get over it already, they are not there to win you a million dollars.)
-Floyd & Becca finally show up at the wedding too and were shocked to see that they had been U-Turned - Becca: We're Team Fun? Who wants to U-Turn Team Fun? (Ha, people who want to beat you to a million dollars.) They start with For the Bride as well and name their donkey Speedy McSpeederson.
Mike & Liz deliver their cheese to the bride and run into Floyd & Becca heading for the other Detour - they are elated to realize that they are still in this and griping stops with new hope.
ROADBLOCK: Step in Time. They have to learn a precise changing of the guard routine... ooooh, dressed up in the cute guard uniform; puffy shirt, skirt, vest, little hat, pom poms on the shoes - it was awesome. Tara & Joey are the first to the cluebox and, being military, she is doing this one, she had to learn drill and ceremony in the US army, though nothing like this.
-Matt has to do this one because Redmond has already done his quota of Roadblocks (huh, really?)
-Brooke is doing this one too, and she just wants to pee - but first, dress up and learn how to do the Greek changing of the guards.
Detour: Mike & Liz get to the For the Groom side of the detour and it does NOT look fun - the local guy starts sprinting up the stairs and I thought Mike was going to have a jammer part way up - he had to stop and they had to take it slower up to the shepherd - he gives Liz a baby goat across her shoulders and they start back down the stairs (hmmm, just one goat?) When they get back to the wedding, the bride tells them they have to go get another goat - yup, they didn't read the clue, they were both supposed to bring a goat.
-Becca & Floyd get a goat and a lamb (I guess two animals works) on their first shot and head for Athens. Mike & Liz had to run up the stairs again, get the second goat... oh, I felt bad for them - so ended up both teams heading out about the same time.
Roadblock: Tara, Mike and even Brooke all look fantastic in the costumes and learn the routine relatively easily - they had to mirror a soldier that did the routine with them, I think that might have made it easier (or they just edited it so it didn't look like it took that long.)
Tara was the first to finish and they got the clue to the PIT STOP: the Acropolis - they head out on foot.
London & Logan get to the Roadblock and she bangs it out.
Stadium - Becca & Floyd get there just ahead of Liz & Mike and celebrate when they see the Speed Bump board - they get to running their lap.
Liz & Mike have to go do a butchery challenge - wrapping a skewer of organs with intestines - Liz is grossed out but Mike is in his element - it goes quickly. Then back to run the stadium to run their lap.
Roadblock: Becca is stepping in time - just like marching band, channel your inner Floyd (maybe she had to do this one.)
And when Mike & Liz get there she is going to be doing this one too - I think she did marching band in high school too.
Here is How They Finished:
1) Tara & Joey - they won $7500 each! Score!
2) Matt & Redmond - they passed Scott & Brooke who got lost trying to find the Pit Stop on foot.
3) Brooke & Scott - Phil asked them about the U-Turn - Scott felt they had to push another team down to make sure they were able to stay (bully).
4) London & Logan - this was their best finish to date.
5) Becca & Floyd - are they ever happy to see Phil and hear they are still in the Race.
6) Liz & Michael - ** ELIMINATED ** They accepted defeat with dignity and hopefully a life-long friendship - they feel like brother & sister, even fight like siblings - they had a once in a lifetime experience and were very grateful. (Aww, I'm going to miss Red Beard and the Cowgirl.)
So, with Liz & Michael leaving, that takes Roxanne S., Laura W., Denise R., and Lindsay J. out of the pool.
Next week: it's a two hour episode (oh man) and they are heading to Hanoi, Vietnam - there will be bungee jumping and Brooke falling to pieces (so like every other leg.) :)
Have a great weekend everyone,
Coleen
Last leg in Venice, Matt & Redmond finally came in first place and Liz & Michael came in last but it was a non-elimination round so they will face a Speed Bump on this leg.
The Boys get the clue that they are heading to Greece... and they hit us with some Dad humour (well, Mary Poppins humour actually, this joke was in that movie):
Matt: A couple weeks ago I met this guy with a carbon fiber leg named Redmond.
Redmond: What was the name of his other leg? (Ba hum cha!)
These two are having the time of their lives.
-Floyd & Becca are right behind them and also a team that has clicked from the beginning, still Team Fun, still upbeat and loving life.
-Tara & Joey, Mom & Dad are also having a great race, no drama, just getting 'er done.
-Then we come to Scott & Brooke, the team you love to hate. He is still needling her at every chance he gets because she just makes it so darn easy. Scott: Maybe we'll go to Marathon and have to run.
Brooke: Oh yeah, cause this team is made for running, she screeches. I think they would happily strangle each other in their sleep if it wouldn't take them out of the race.
-Oh yeah, London & Logan - these two are so vanilla, I actually keep forgetting about them - he keeps his cool, she keeps her cool and that's about it.
-Finally Liz & Michael - the bearded wonder and his little cowgirl sidekick - no one can say they aren't colourful and fun to watch... when he's not being a stubborn dumb@ss.
So they are all on the same flight to Bari, Italy where they will board a ferry for the 16 hour ferry ride across the Mediterranean Sea to Patras, Greece. They will then have to drive themselves over 100 miles to the small mountain village of Arahova where they will hit a traditional Greek Wedding and face the last of the double U-Turns. (Oof, it seems like there were a lot of U-Turns in this season.)
-But the first hurdle they have to overcome is the self-drive, which has been Mike & Liz's downfall on many a leg so far- and this one was no different. However, they were staying with the pack until Mike turned left and everyone else turned right... instead of stopping and turning around, he refused to backtrack and stubbornly insisted that they were going to loop back around - it would be fine... they ended up driving up a mountain in the wrong direction - I would have lost my mind, but I think Liz is just beyond arguing with him when he gets like that.
-This drive proved a huge issue for Becca & Floyd as well, they were lost from the moment they got in the car - to their credit they stayed positive, I don't know how, but they did.
Tara & Joey were the first team to the wedding and they join in the dancing - not noticing that the actual cluebox and U-Turn board were across the street until Scott & Brooke show up and he's yelling at her to get over there. Matt & Redmond are there at this point too and all three teams hit the U-Turn board - Scott & Brooke U-Turn Mike & Liz (well, that was kind of kicking them while they are down) - so Tara & Joey decide to U-Turn Team Fun in the hopes of giving their friends Mike & Liz a bit of a fighting chance.
-These three teams read the clue to the DETOUR: For the Bride or For the Groom.
In For the Bride: They have to deliver two big tins of sheep's milk carried by a donkey, to two specialty cheese makers, exchange the milk for cheese and deliver it to the bride to get the next clue.
In For the Groom: They will have to take part in a sporting contest racing up 252 steps past the church of St George, to a shepherd a the top who will give them the gift for the groom (which is a live goat.) Both detours deal with live animals, that can be challenging in and of itself.
Everyone chooses For the Bride (of course, who wants to race up stairs?) and they take off looking for the donkeys.
By the way, Floyd & Becca haven't even crossed the bridge yet which was at the very beginning of the drive and Mike & Liz are still driving up a mountain somewhere, he's still refusing to turn around and it's her fault, "We don't know which way we came because you can't read that map." (Um, you just came from there - duh.)
Detour: The donkey's weren't that bad, they knew what they were there for. They all got the cheese relatively easily and headed back to the wedding.
-London & Logan got to the U-Turn board and were relieved to see they weren't U-Turned but surprised to see that Becca & Floyd were U-Turned, "How can you U-Turn Team Fun?" They also choose For the Bride.
Tara & Joey were the first team to get the clue from the bride in the form of a plate they had to smash on the ground (OPA!) inside the shattered plate was the clue - to drive themselves to Panathenaic Stadium in the city of Athens to get their next clue.
-Floyd & Becca and Mike & Liz are still lost and driving... yikes.
Athens - Tara & Joey get to the stadium and have to run one lap around the track to get their next clue (seriously? Sure it was the site of the first Olympic games... but running more, come on - yeah, I wouldn't do well on this race haha.) - the clue tells them to make their way on foot to Zappeion and search for their next clue (sheesh.)
Matt & Redmond and Brooke & Scott get to the stadium and see that Liz & Mike's Speed bump is there (just to add insult to injury) - they get to running.
Meanwhile, Mike & Liz have finally made it to the wedding and see that they were U-Turned by Scott & Brooke - and they were super bitter! Mike doesn't let anything go ever, and Liz was right there with him - (Bitter Betty, party of two?) They start with For the Bride with Mike ranting about how he helped Becca with her ladel - this was just a slap in the face (Get over it already, they are not there to win you a million dollars.)
-Floyd & Becca finally show up at the wedding too and were shocked to see that they had been U-Turned - Becca: We're Team Fun? Who wants to U-Turn Team Fun? (Ha, people who want to beat you to a million dollars.) They start with For the Bride as well and name their donkey Speedy McSpeederson.
Mike & Liz deliver their cheese to the bride and run into Floyd & Becca heading for the other Detour - they are elated to realize that they are still in this and griping stops with new hope.
ROADBLOCK: Step in Time. They have to learn a precise changing of the guard routine... ooooh, dressed up in the cute guard uniform; puffy shirt, skirt, vest, little hat, pom poms on the shoes - it was awesome. Tara & Joey are the first to the cluebox and, being military, she is doing this one, she had to learn drill and ceremony in the US army, though nothing like this.
-Matt has to do this one because Redmond has already done his quota of Roadblocks (huh, really?)
-Brooke is doing this one too, and she just wants to pee - but first, dress up and learn how to do the Greek changing of the guards.
Detour: Mike & Liz get to the For the Groom side of the detour and it does NOT look fun - the local guy starts sprinting up the stairs and I thought Mike was going to have a jammer part way up - he had to stop and they had to take it slower up to the shepherd - he gives Liz a baby goat across her shoulders and they start back down the stairs (hmmm, just one goat?) When they get back to the wedding, the bride tells them they have to go get another goat - yup, they didn't read the clue, they were both supposed to bring a goat.
-Becca & Floyd get a goat and a lamb (I guess two animals works) on their first shot and head for Athens. Mike & Liz had to run up the stairs again, get the second goat... oh, I felt bad for them - so ended up both teams heading out about the same time.
Roadblock: Tara, Mike and even Brooke all look fantastic in the costumes and learn the routine relatively easily - they had to mirror a soldier that did the routine with them, I think that might have made it easier (or they just edited it so it didn't look like it took that long.)
Tara was the first to finish and they got the clue to the PIT STOP: the Acropolis - they head out on foot.
London & Logan get to the Roadblock and she bangs it out.
Stadium - Becca & Floyd get there just ahead of Liz & Mike and celebrate when they see the Speed Bump board - they get to running their lap.
Liz & Mike have to go do a butchery challenge - wrapping a skewer of organs with intestines - Liz is grossed out but Mike is in his element - it goes quickly. Then back to run the stadium to run their lap.
Roadblock: Becca is stepping in time - just like marching band, channel your inner Floyd (maybe she had to do this one.)
And when Mike & Liz get there she is going to be doing this one too - I think she did marching band in high school too.
Here is How They Finished:
1) Tara & Joey - they won $7500 each! Score!
2) Matt & Redmond - they passed Scott & Brooke who got lost trying to find the Pit Stop on foot.
3) Brooke & Scott - Phil asked them about the U-Turn - Scott felt they had to push another team down to make sure they were able to stay (bully).
4) London & Logan - this was their best finish to date.
5) Becca & Floyd - are they ever happy to see Phil and hear they are still in the Race.
6) Liz & Michael - ** ELIMINATED ** They accepted defeat with dignity and hopefully a life-long friendship - they feel like brother & sister, even fight like siblings - they had a once in a lifetime experience and were very grateful. (Aww, I'm going to miss Red Beard and the Cowgirl.)
So, with Liz & Michael leaving, that takes Roxanne S., Laura W., Denise R., and Lindsay J. out of the pool.
Next week: it's a two hour episode (oh man) and they are heading to Hanoi, Vietnam - there will be bungee jumping and Brooke falling to pieces (so like every other leg.) :)
Have a great weekend everyone,
Coleen
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