Amazing Race - Episode 4

What a let down!  All psyched to end the day of racing just to find out the race is still on and they have to leave Russia and fly to Frankfurt.  Eric & Jeremy, being the first, were able to get to the airport and board the Lufthansa flight that left immediately.   Mr. Intensity, Lake & Michelle, were hot on their heels but could not get on their flight to Frankfurt and had to fly Aeroflot along with BJ & Tyler, the hippies.  These three teams were able to get out of Russia that night instead of in the morning like the rest of the teams. 

 
Ray & Yolanda got close but the computers went down and they had to wait until the next morning to fly out to Frankfurt.  The rest of the groups flew out in the morning to Frankfurt.  Upon landing in Frankfurt they took cabs to the Mercedes-Benz factory and everyone was able to able to ride in a Mercedes-Benz on their vertical wall test track.  I actually thought that was a bit weak   How much skill does it take to be a passenger in a vehicle?   Anyway – everyone made it through that with flying colors.  Their next destination was a roadblock.

 
Again – Dani & Danielle are not playing it smart, they need to stand alone and not be so reliant on others to think for them.  They followed mom and daughter, Wanda & Desiree,  to the roadblock but mom and daughter got lost and had to stop and figure out where to go, they did this more than once.  They wasted valuable time following them instead of figuring out where it was.  Girls – pull your heads out and get into the game!

 
The roadblock was not hard at all.  They had to search a field for the Travelocity gnomes that were hidden underground underneath gnome hats or gnome feet.  For the trailing teams it was a bit frustrating since the earlier teams had found the closest gnomes.  But Desiree got frustrated and looked like she wanted to quit because she was not finding a gnome, but she did and they were on their way at that time in last place.  

 
The next stop was a detour and the teams had to break bottles over each other’s heads only when a cuckoo clock chimed and look for a label that said prost, it means cheers in German or learn an intricate German folk slap dancing routine.  Jeremy & Eric opted to do the bottles.  They took turns breaking the bottles and managed to flirt with, whom they called “The Pauli Girl”.  Once they found the right label they got a kiss from her, grabbed their clue and went to the pitstop.  BJ & Tyler did the bottles too.  They were able to talk to the girl in German, impressive.   Lake and Michelle did the bottles too.  Fran & Barry started doing the bottles but ended up switching to the slap dancing.  Ray & Yolanda abandoned the bottles too and slapped danced their way to the pitstop, as well as Monica & Joseph.  Dave & Lori did the bottles and found the prost label quickly.  The rest of the teams did the slap dance.

 
The pitstop was at this place called the Siegestor, it is a monument to peace.  Anyway – that was the final destination for that leg of racing.  Eric & Jeremy came in first, toting their gnome and were rewarded with a trip.  They were followed by BJ & Tyler who made a comment about the local greeter being Santa.  Cute.  Next came Lake & Michelle, Fran & Barry, Dave & Lori, Monica & Joseph, Ray & Yolanda, Dani & Danielle.  The last team to check in was Wanda & Desiree, who were eliminated.  I liked the daughter, I thought the mom was too overtop on her reactions. 

 
Eric & Jeremy are endearing themselves to me weekly, dunno if it‚Äôs because of their cuteness or their personalities or both.¬† In some spots it showed them being concerned for the girls and missing them, nice touch.¬† But it could have been a tv produced moment, who knows, but it worked for me.¬† BJ & Tyler, I still like their antics and their free-wheeling style, I’m getting used to them.¬† Lake & Michelle are starting to come around, I don‚Äôt know if it was editing, but he didn‚Äôt seem as big an asshole as previous weeks.¬† Dave & Lori are starting to come into their own.¬† They at one point played dumb as to where a location was because they realized that they are all in competition with one another.¬† Good for them!¬† MoJo ‚Äì sliding under the radar, very quiet these past 2 weeks.¬† Ray & Yolanda had a tough break in Russia losing out on flying that night and having to fly in the morning due to the computers going down.¬† Dani & Danielle better straighten up and take charge of their race.¬†

 
 

Posted by deeteebee in The Amazing Race