TAR13, Recap Leg 3, 3/1/09

Welcome to Leg 3! Last time, on Your Target is Your Partner’s Face! (Kmanpat: “OK, so that title quote was too good to pass up to reuse.” Toyouke: “I agree.”) teams gallivanted from Switzerland to Bavaria. The Flight Attendants and their rollaboards keep coming in second to last, And Tammy and Victor continue to be awesome, but wait! Watch them unravel this episode! Oh, and apparently we’re not special enough to be reminded about Steve and Linda’s elimination. Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Tammy/Victor, Team Asian
2nd – Mel/Mike, Team Rainbow
3rd – Amanda/Kris, Team YDC
4th – Margie/Luke, Team ASL
5th – Brad/Victoria, The Ohio Team
6th – Jaime/Cara, The Cheerleaders
7th – Kisha/Jen, The Athletes
8th – Mark/Michael, The Stuntmen
9th – Christie/Jodi, The Flight Attendants

Schloss Helbrun, Salzburg, Austria

10:13 AM Tammy/Victor (1st)
Clue: Make your way to Bucharest, Romania! First, take the train back to Munich. Then, take a flight to Bucharest. Once there, find a taxi to take you to the Sala Gymnastica. You have $332 for this leg of the race.

The Asians bicker about whether or not to go to a travel agent with their two extra hours. They do, and Victor gives us the first bit of flight information: 3:20 on Lufthansa and 4:45 on Taron.

12:01 PM Mel/Mike (2nd) – Mel: “I’m happy to have a famous son.” (Kmanpat: “And yet, I think more people know who YOU are, Mel.”)

12:12 PM Amanda/Kris (3rd)
12:30 PM Margie/Luke (4th) – Margie: “I thought Bucharest was in Hungary.” (Auburnium513: “No, that’s Budapest.” Kmanpat: “HUNGARY!” Toyouke: “And you’re done.”)

12:53 PM Brad/Victoria (5th) – and we learn that Brad is a recovering drug and alcohol addict. Interesting.

1:17 PM Jaime/Cara (6th)
1:51 PM Kisha/Jen (7th)
2:00 PM Mark/Michael (8th)
2:42 PM Christie/Jodi (9th)

Teams arrive at the train station in the following order:

1-Tammy/Victor
2-Mel/Mike
3-Amanda/Kris
4-Margie/Luke
5- Brad Victoria
6- Jaime/Cara
7- Kisha/Jen
8- Mark/Michael
9- Christie/Jodi

Teams are now on their way to Munich. Some teams use cell phones to find their way. In the process, Brad and Victoria find the 9:30 flight on Taron, but hope for something earlier.
Teams arrive at the Munich Airport in the following order:

1-Tammy/Victor
2-Amanda/Kris
3-Mel/Mike
4-Margie/Luke
5- Brad Victoria
6- Jaime/Cara
7- Kisha/Jen
8- Mark/Michael
9- Christie/Jodi

Teams choose flights to Bucharest. (Auburnium513: "Why are they freaking flying??? You're in Europe!! Take trains!!") So the flights shake down:

Lufthansa, 3:20 PM
1) Tammy/Victor – which would have given them at least an hour lead. But, due to mechanical problems, the airplane has to return to Munich after take off.

Taron, 4:45 PM
1) Mel/Mike
2) Margie/Luke
3) Amanda/Kris

KLM, 7:30 PM
1) Brad/Victoria – in an interesting move to get ahead, Ohio opts to try for a connection in Amsterdam, only to have their connecting flight arrive after their Bucharest flight had already departed. Thus, we ALL know what happens to Brad and Victoria.

Taron, 9:30
1) Tammy/Victor – after they rebooked after the first flight issue.
2) Jaime/Cara
3) Kisha/Jen
4) Mark/Michael
5) Christie/Jodi

So, teams arrive in Bucharest in the following order:

1- Amanda/Kris
2- Margie/Luke
3- Mel/Mike
4- Tammy/Victor
5- Kisha/Jen
6- Mark/Michael
7- Jaime/Cara
8- Christie/Jodi
9- Brad/Victoria

Teams now take taxis to the Sala Gymnastica. They arrive in the following order:

1- Amanda/Kris
2- Margie/Luke
3- Mel/Mike
4- Kisha/Jen
5- Mark/Michael
6- Jaime/Cara
7- Christie/Jodi
8- Tammy/Victor – who can’t seem to find the place.
9- Brad/Victoria

And teams come to the third roadblock. (Toyouke: “Why isn’t Phil in a leotard?”)

ROADBLOCK:
Who’s ready to access your inner Nadia?
In this roadblock, one team member must don a gymnastics leotard and perform three routines: balance beam, parallel bars and floor exercise. Once all three routines are completed successfully, teams will get their next clue from the instructor.

The following team members complete the Roadblock.

1- Amanda
2- Margie
3- Mike
4- Kisha
5- Mark
6- Jaime
7- Jodi
8- Tammy
9- Victoria

After much falling and gymnastics fun, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Amanda/Kris
2- Margie/Luke
3- Mel/Mike
4- Christie/Jodi
5- Mark/Michael
6- Jaime/Cara
7- Kisha/Jen
8- Tammy/Victor
9- Brad/Victoria

Teams are now instructed to take the train to Brasov in Transylvania to the Biserica Neagra. Problem? First train leaves at 6:30 AM. Teams arrive at the train station in the following order.

1- Amanda/Kris – Amanda: “I’m not staying here; it’s kinda freaky.”
2- Margie/Luke
3- Mel/Mike
4- Christie/Jodi
5- Mark/Michael
6- Jaime/Cara
7- Kisha/Jen
8- Tammy/Victor
9- Brad/Victoria

Teams then arrive in Brasov and make their way to the church. They get their clues in the following order:

1- Amanda/Kris
2- Christie/Jodi
3- Tammy/Victor
4- Kisha/Jen
5- Jaime/Cara
6- Margie/Luke
7- Mel/Mike
8- Mark/Michael
9- Brad/Victoria


And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Gypsy Moves OR Vampire Remains
*Gypsy Moves: Teams must travel to a nearby gypsy camp and load a family’s belongings onto a cart, which they much then transport 300 yards to a new location and unload the cart. Once their, teams get their next clue.
*Vampire Remains: In a very Survivor challenge, teams travel to the grounds of Bran’s Castle, of Vlad the Impaler fame, and follow the MARKED PATH (which says “To Coffins” and “To Impaling”. Toyouke: “Hee.”) to an area with coffins. Teams choose a coffin and take it to an impaling stake where they must unlock a series of chains to find the mirrors inside. Teams then drive the mirrors through the stakes to find a red and yellow flag, which they hand to Death to get their next clue.

1-Amanda/Kris choose Gypsy Moves
2-Mel/Mike choose Gypsy Moves – Mike: “Why did you choose the more physical task?”
3-Kisha/Jen choose Gypsy Moves
4-Tammy/Victor choose Vampire Remains – in a very hay bale rolling maneuver, Victor convinces Tammy to follow red and white marks on the trees to get to the tax. Tammy: “But the markers are usually red and yellow arrows.” So, they climb a mountain, and Victor, being the smart older brother, decides that he’s right and they should NOT go back down the hill. (Kmanpat: “Realize that if this was me and Bethie, she would have kicked my rear about five times by this point for not listening to her.”) Anyway, they finally go down the hill after finding a double headed arrow (Toyouke: “Hee.”), find a coffin, and promptly lose one of the keys.
5-Christie/Jodi choose Vampire Remains
6-Mark/Michael choose Gypsy Moves
7-Jaime/Cara choose Vampire Remains
8-Margie/Luke choose Vampire Remains
9-Brad/Victoria choose Vampire Remains

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Amanda/Kris and Kris loses the Amazing Fanny Pack. (Auburnium513: “Don't let go of the damn fanny pack!! Don't you people watch this show??”)
2- Mel/Mike
3- Kisha/Jen
4- Margie/Luke – (Toyouke: “Luke in glasses is totally cute.” Kmanpat: “Isn’t he?”)
5- Mark/Michael
6- Christie/Jodi
7- Jaime/Cara
8- Tammy/Victor – (Auburnium513: “OMG, is he crying?” Toyouke: “He is SUCH a drama queen. Maybe he’s one of yours.” Kmanpat: “I’m sorry, I’m not claiming him. Even I know that the Race colors are red and yellow unless otherwise specified.”)
9- Brad/Victoria

Teams find out they are to take a taxi to Vila Panoramic, the PIT STOP of the third leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

1- Mel/Mike – who win a trip for two from Costa Rica. Mel: “That’s his favorite place!”
2- Amanda/Kris
3- Kisha/Jen
4- Mark/Michael
6- Christie/Jodi
7- Jaime/Cara
8- Tammy/Victor – Phil: “I’m sorry to inform you that you are the second to last team to arrive.”
9- Brad/Victoria

And Brad and Victoria are eliminated. That’s the shocker of the evening.

ORDER NOW:
1st – Mel/Mike
2nd – Amanda/Kris
3rd – Kisha/Jen
4th – Margie/Luke
5th – Mark/Michael
6th – Christie/Jodi
7th – Jaime/Cara
8th – Tammy/Victoria

Next week: Siberia! Wood! Luke! Until next time!