Hello all! Thank you for your support, W & T, S & P, Frank and whoever else checked in on us. We (Ally and Bob) had a lot of fun, made new friends and got SMOKED in the competition! The first three days were grueling hitting Frankford, Kolblenz, and Amsterdam. We really enjoyed the last [...]

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Team 5 is living large at the Madurodam, and not only because they take have taken the lead in Day 3. See what I mean here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZwZdTSprT4

Team 9 found an important plant used for medicinal purposes at the flower market:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAnFfSO2jzg

And to “rap” up the last of today’s challenge highlights, check out this video from Team 3 [...]

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Technical difficulties with hotel internet may have caused a few delays in uploading videos, but what we did see gave us a good laugh. Here are some of the highlights of Day 2.
Team 7 hit the slopes at Jever Skihalle in Neuss, Germany, showing off their talent at keeping their balance while filming: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGnOBmsN_D8

Tasked with, Team 3 [...]

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Yesterday was a long day and a fun one!  We started in Amsterdam and took the train to Brussels.  At the end we took a late train to Paris arriving around 11pm.  We’ll be here for the next three nights and today is the last day of competition!
Alex and I started the morning touring the [...]

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One of the challenges in Amsterdam was to go “shopping” in the red-light district. The task involved approaching three different ladies and comparing their prices for various “services”. Being female (and straight), this seemed like a rather fun task.
I passed by many of the scantily clad women in the window and finally decided to approach [...]

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