TAR19, Recap Leg 9, 11/20/11

Welcome to Leg 9! Last time, on The Rabbit Of Caerbannog Has Sharp Pointy Teeth!, teams raced from Malawi to Denmark. Amani and Marcus used their intelligence to surmise that no one in their right mind would take any flight but the one provided by the producers, but have mad rabbit racing skills, and therefore beat Zac, who cannot dance but looks hot in fifteenth century clothing, and his father, who can’t navigate Denmark. And the father-son were eliminated. Who will be eliminated . . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Ernie/Cindy, Team Chinatown
2nd – Bill/Cathi, The Grandparents
3rd – Andy/Tommy, The Snowboarders
4th – Amani/Marcus, Team Football
5th – Jeremy/Sandy, Team Tryout

Havet Ship, Copenhagen, Denmark

9:01 AM Ernie/Cindy (1st)

Cindy wonders if her parents have a problem with Ernie because she is first generation Chinese American and Ernie is not Chinese. (Toyouke: “Uh oh. Cindy's talking about her life.“)

Clue: Teams drive themselves to the Hans Christian Anderson Statue to get their next clue. You have $350 for this leg of the race.

10:34 AM Bill/Cathi (2nd)
10:39 AM Andy/Tommy (3rd) – Tommy: “Are You Copen-hanging in there?” Andy: “I’m copin’ and hangin’.”
11:43 AM Amani/Marcus (4th)
12:08 PM Jeremy/Sandy (5th) – Jeremy has a 6 year old at home.

Teams arrive at the statue in the following order:

1- Ernie/Cindy
2- Bill/Cathi
3- Andy/Tommy
4- Amani/Marcus
5- Jeremy/Sandy

And once they arrive, teams get the tenth roadblock clue.

ROADBLOCK:

“Who’s ready to take a fairy tale ride?”

In this roadblock, one team member must memorize the poem on the base of the statue. Then, the roadblocker picks a bike with a map on it and travels to Teatermuseet I Hofteatret. Teams then perform the poem for a period critic in order to get their next clue.

(Toyouke: “Ooo. Another "memorize this statement" task. And having the map on the bike wheel? That is pretty evil.” Kmanpat: “You know, that’s an Amazing Plaque. The quote is not always on the statue.”)

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Cindy
2- Cathi – (Toyouke: “English teacher FTW! How hilarious would it have been if Cathi had already memorized the poem during her teaching career?”)
3- Tommy
4- Amani – who proceeds to get distracted by Marcus while memorizing. (Toyouke: “How is distracting your teammate now a good strategy?”)
5- Sandy

After much performing, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Ernie/Cindy
2- Amani/Marcus
3- Bill/Cathi
4- Andy/Tommy
5- Jeremy/Sandy

Teams are no instructed to drive themselves to Billund, Denmark to get their next clue in Legoland!

Teams arrive at Legoland in the following order:

1- Ernie/Cindy
2- Amani/Marcus
3- Bill/Cathi
4- Andy/Tommy
5- Amani/Marcus

Teams make their way to the Pirate Carousel, where they pick up a puzzle to put together. They must only assemble the puzzle on the ride while the ride is in motion. Once the puzzle is assembled correctly, teams will have their next destination displayed, Hamburg Hauptbahnhof.

Teams complete their puzzles in the following order:

1- Ernie/Cindy
2- Amani/Marcus
3- Andy/Tommy
4- Jeremy/Sandy – who lose pieces and have to get a new puzzle.
5- Bill/Cathi

Teams are now instructed to drive themselves to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to get their next clue. Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Ernie/Cindy
2- Andy/Tommy – Tommy: “You know what they say about big maps – lots of places to go.”
3- Amani/Marcus
4- Jeremy/Sandy
5- Bill/Cathi

Teams are now instructed to take the train to Brussels, Belgium and make their way to the European Parliament Building to get their next clue. Ernie and Cindy find out that the only train available goes through Cologne and leaves at 12:30 am. So they get tickets, and promptly lose them. They get on the train anyway, and somehow avoid getting arrested by both the Germans and the Belgians. (Toyouke: “No one checked for tickets. I call bullshit. That is just like Anya losing her money and suddenly they throw money at the contestants for no reason.” Auburnium0513: “At least they did pay for tickets.”)

Teams arrive in Brussels in the following order:

1- Bill/Cathi
2- Andy/Tommy
3- Ernie/Cindy
4- Amani/Marcus
5- Jeremy/Sandy

Teams take taxis to the Parliament Building and arrive in the following order:

1- Bill/Cathi
2- Andy/Tommy
3- Ernie/Cindy
4- Amani/Marcus
5- Jeremy/Sandy

Teams are now instructed to travel to Concert Noble and don speedos and tanning oil to compete in a body building competition. Teams need to learn a series of moves and score 12 points from a panel of 3 judges in order to get their next clue.

Teams arrive and get their clue in the following order:

1- Bill/Cathi – (Toyouke: “Cathi looks pretty good. Actually so does Bill.”)
2- Andy/Tommy
3- Ernie/Cindy – (Toyouke: “Ernie, no one in the audience is intimidated by your muscles or your bikini.” Kmanpat: “I’ll take one, please.”)
4- Jeremy/Sandy
5- Amani/Marcus

Teams complete the task in speedos in the following order:

1- Amani/Marcus
2- Ernie/Cindy
3- Jeremy/Sandy

Teams are now instructed to travel to Parc Elisabeth and find the gazebo, the PIT STOP of the ninth leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

1- Amani/Marcus – who win a trip for two to Panama.

And the leg is over . . . but leg 10 is beginning!

ORDER NOW:
1st – Amani/Marcus
2nd – Ernie/Cindy
3rd – Jeremy/Sandy
4th – Andy/Tommy
5th – Bill/Cathi

Next week: More racing in Belgium! There’s boating and test tracks. And trash talking. (Toyouke: “I do enjoy some good trash talking.”) And the Atomium!!!! Until next time!