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Elizabeth here.
Kevin of Team Extreme and I teamed up for the second part of Competitours. In Paris our last night, were asked by fellow Competitourists – what was the most memorable adventure we had. Kevin and I had some fantastic adventures, but this one is a keeper for both of us – and we got it on video.
Savvy travelers Kevin and Elizabeth end up beyond the end-of-the-line, when so engrossed in our plotting on how to get to Antwerp for the XYZ challenge (yes, the XYZ challenge was actually in Namur, doh,) we missed the last stop for the transfer to the Atomium and ended up stuck in a train yard tunnel. The Atomium was a challenge we were doing just for fun because we wanted to see it since it had recently been restored. Despite missed transfers, Atomuum was worth the views, but then quickly back to the midi station in Brussels to catch the train to Antwerp – good thing we ran in to Hugos in the Atomium station, who told us XYZ was in Namur, not outside Antwerp. LOL; yep, we be savvy travelers. Listen until the end…
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jZYz-QjGL8]
March 23rd 2009 | Posted in
Competitours by
Sheldon
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Update from Team Gadling:
The new Thursday and Friday contest would be run just like future Competitours, where a maximum of 75 points could be attempted, and scoring was based on how well you did against the other teams, and not as much about the number of tasks accomplished.
Eliminated also was the requirement to accomplish the challenge in an eight-hour period. This would make it much easier to stop for lunch along the way. I believe just about everyone was pleased with the new format.
In future Competitours, video uploading also won’t be an issue, since the clips will be handed to a person employed by the company to upload each night to the judges back in the states. So this will allow the contestants to enjoy the trip, and get more sleep.
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Kent here.
After days 1 and 2 and the uploading issues we had, I decided I couldn’t keep up the effort required to blog each days activities. It became too much to post the video, read the next day’s challenges and to check in with Gadling. So I’ll have reports from each day coming soon.
I just finished the day three write up.
Personalities are definitely coming out, and we’re getting to know everyone better. I’m amazed at how interesting and friendly this group is. There’s only some friendly competition going on right now. I wonder if that will change when the grand prize is upped to $6500 in the future with 40 nights at a Starwood.
Even though we’re exhausted from the first three days, we’re feeling a bit of a rush, really. A typical, relaxing vacation just couldn’t compare to this.
I’ve had some ask if we’re able to really ’see’ the sights. If you’re the kind of person that likes whitewater rafting, this is for you. If you’d rather walk down the riverbank, taking in various flat rocks getting a little fishing in along the way, then you might be better off staying in a hotel and exploring one area for a week at a time. But most Americans don’t have the luxury of so much time off, so this has been a great way to enjoy a race with some really interesting people and to see some sights along the way.
Linda and I laughed far more than we’ve argued on the trip and I think I could convince her to come back and do it again.
More in the next few days…
Team Gadling.
March 23rd 2009 | Posted in
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Need we say more. The sauna challenge was right up the Swizzle’s alley. Nothing is better after a long day of banging out challenges than hanging with the French sopranos/gangstas in the super sweet, no chicks allowed mens steam palace. High on the Paris to-do list. Awesome to competitour across Europe with you all.
Sincerely
The Swizzles
