Category: Amazing Race

Deutsche Bahn…I have such fond memories of the DB. Like the time I caught a trip from Hamburg to Hannover on St. Niklaus Day – and the conductor’s passed out apples w/the DB logo grown into them. Ahhh, German hospitality. Wall of Death Jen, “Can I do it?” No argument here. “Awe, you don’t get […]

The hippies (BJ & Tyler) are playing better than anyone yet – in any season. They’re playfulness at the beginning of this episode – greeting everyone at the zip line by jumping on their cars – is what this is race is all about. “I was hoping we wouldn’t have to go to Russia.” – […]

Two-hour kick off to Season 9. Premieres are tough, lots of people to meet right away, 11 teams, 22 people. Nobody jumped out at us during the introductions. They all talked smack in the same way, “Everyone else will underestimate us, and we’ll beat them.” Blah. Once is bravado – 11 times is scripted insipidity. […]

Dear Amazing Race, Thanks for visiting our airport. We have a lovely city as well. Love, Minneapolis, MN Detour: Slide it or Roll it You’re in Canada and you don’t go curling? That’s like, well, going to Canada and not curling. This is why I like the Lintz’s – they have such enthusiasm. Makes armchair […]

“Let’s just focus – we might have to eat some turtle.” This is the Big Catch Up we’ve missed the last couple of episodes. Detour: Pioneer Spirit or Native Tradition? We’re going for assembling the wagon wheels and horse team. I’m feeling like the horse team might not be _that_ much trouble. Buffalo Bill is […]

“The Amazing Race has cured me.” The promos for this week’s episode were edited to look like a hot air balloon collision caused the Weavers to freak out. After watching the episode in its entirety – it’s clear that wasn’t the case. Detour: Spike it or Steam it? We’re spiking it. Knowing how a railroad […]

Thought I’d kick off this post by sharing a more travel-related Amazing Race blog – The Pratical Nomad. Edward always has an interesting take on improving travel – or what the Amazing Race should have done. He goes in-depth. Ok, onto to this week’s installment. On one of our first cross-country road trips, Jen and […]

Looks like the Detour is painting wheels or hauling bamboo (needless to say, I’m not paying as close attention as other weeks). Loading bamboo seems much less tedious than painting wooden wheels. We’ve watched enough Amazing Race to know the game is won and lost at the airport – finding the right seat on the […]

We’re just past the first commercial break and nothing interesting to report, other than the bickering irritation of road-weary families. Blah. Wait, they’re visiting Costa Rica’s Doka Estate Coffee Plantation. Totally makes up for it. Roadblock: Find the red coffee bean Jen: “Digging through 800lbs of green coffee beans, that’s all you babe.” Detour: Relic […]