Athens, Greece!

Bonjour mon ami!

Je m'appelle Maria Waters. Aujourd'hui, Rachel and I travelled from Toronto, Ontario to Athens, Greece! It was a fun experience in the Amazing race but difficult at sometimes. We had to find an exact picture of the largest temple in Greece which was on our clue card and the name of the temple. The name of the temple was the Temple of Olympian Zeus. We thought it was the Temple of Artemis, but it wasn't. Oops! Next, we had to find out what the rules were of " Pankration" which is a deadly fight but we found out the rules were no biting and no eye gougeing! The next thing that we had to do (I failed at it so Rachel Dubois took over and helped me a lot!) The event was to knock down 3 bowling pins from a distance with frisbees! Harder then you think, if you don't have good aim like myself. After that, we found out that there was such thing of a Bouzouki. Who knew! We then had to go to chance where you have to roll 2 dices and if the first roll is 4 to 6, thats bad luck which means something bad will happen depending on the other dice that has to roll and if you get 46, your okay because we got 46 but now, we smell bad! Well, then we took a ferry and we made 3rd in the Amazing Race! Woo hoo!That wasn't a real Amazing Race though but if we can keep it up, we can surely make it to the finals! After we finished the Amazing race, we went to National Archaeological Museum of Athens, its considered one of greatest museums in the world! I agree! It was an amazing museum that I have ever been to! That wasn't a real Amazing Race though but if we can keep it up, we can surely make it to the finals!
Go Team French Sailors!

Au revoir!
Maria Waters

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Bonjour from England

April 12, 2011 at 10:40am
Bonjour Mes Ami,
This time in the race we went to London England. It was beautiful! We had to find out information on British Monarchy, and Royalty in England. Then we had to find the London Eye, which is a large ferris wheel! It was amazing! Then we had to complete a Londen Eye slide puzzle, we had trouble with that! After that we had to go to Stone Henge, and make a miniature version of it, and the Heelstone. Then Maria had to find out how to make a "99". A "99" is an ice cream cone filled with soft ice cream, and there is a stick of chocolate in it! Then Maria had to eat it! She ate it fast, but not as fast as I ate that Black Forest cake in Germany! After that there was a yield! We yielded Team N.B.A., and Team Super Stripes yielded us. I may not have told you this, but when I was sailing I hired a fortune teller, and she taught me how to read the future! Now I see REVENGE in Team Super Stripes future! After that, we had to go to the clock tower, Big Ben, and find out it was completed on April 10, 1858. When we finished that we had to play Rugby, and make it around a post and back without dropping the ball. It wasn't the actual game of Rugby but it was somewhat Rugby. For the pit-stop we had to go to a location that has the London Eye and the Thames river near it. We finished, and ended up getting in 8th place, thanks to Team Super Stripes!  Not our best race, but this week we are all starting with the same amount of time. Finally when the race was over, we went to the Imperial War Museum! There was amazing things in the museum! That's all for now!


Good Sailing,
Rachel Dubois
P.S.Here is a Picture of the pit-stop! ( London Eye)

Sea Sick!

Hello my sail boat loving friends!

      Je m'appelle Maria Waters, as you should know by now. The last Amazing race was in Germany. Guess what though, I wasn't with Rachel Dubois for that race. I went sailboating in Hawaii because it really relaxs me and I feel so alive, also, it's Hawaii! They are surrounded by water! How could I not go sailboating! Anyways, the winds started to pick up and the boat was rocking back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and you probably get it by now. Anyways, the more the boat rocked, the sicker I felt. I turned the ship around and headed for shore but as soon as I got off my sailboat, I puked! I felt so sick! My head was dizzy, my face was green and from there, I knew I couldn't go in the Amazing Race with Rachel to Germany. Rachel did well though. 5th place isn't bad, isn't it? Well I don't think so. I'm feeling a whole lot better now, but I still feel a little sea sick but i'll be fine. Next Amazing race, i'm going to be right by her side and I hope shes on my side too! Together, we will ride to first place!

Thats all for now,
bye my boating pals!
Maria Waters

Bonjour from Germany!

April 7, 2011 at 6:15pm
Bonjour my Sail-Boating friends!

This week in the race was extremely stressful! Maria was seasick, so I had to do EVERYTHING!!! This is what we did in the race. First we had to fly from Hawaii to Berlin, Germany. We, (or should I say "I") got the best flight! Next we had to find the Ulm Munster church, which is 161.53 meters tall, and it has 768 steps! Wow! Then, we had to build a minature version of it using cubes! After that we had to watch a video about King Ludwig ll, and find out what the castle he made was called, and what movie it was in. Next we had to drive REALLY fast on the Autobahn! Fun!!! We then had to find the main ingredients to make a black forest cake, they were: chocolate cake, cherries, whipping cream and alcohol! Then I had to eat a big piece, but I ate it in three bites, so it was no big deal! Don't worry, it had no alcohol! It was delicious!We had to find out what "Checkpoint Charlie" was. It was a long wall separating West Germany from East Germany! Then, with 2 minutes to spare, I made it to the pit-stop at The Hotel Konishof. Now, Maria is feeling better, and we are on a tour of the real Black Forest, which is what the cake Black Forest cake it named after! That's all for now!


Good Sailing,
Rachel Dubois

Hawaii

April 1, 2011 at 1:20pm
Bonjour everyone who loves sailboats as much as I do!

Today was our first official day of Amazing race! We first flew from Toronto Ontario, to Hawaii, on a specific flight! Then we had to find out that Japan attacked Pearl Harbour, and won! Next, we had to destroy 2 of an enemies ships in a game of battleship! My knowledge of the waters helped with that! We then had to find out the name of the goddess of volcanoes which was Pele! After that we had to find out that there was only 5 vowels (a,e,i,o, and u) and 7 consonants in the Hawaiian alphabet. Then, there was a fast forward but we chose not to do it because it was too hard. Then we travelled by ferry to the main island of Hawaii to the island of Honolulu! We got the first ferry! Next, we had to either colour a picture or hula-hoop for 1 minute. Well, living on the water so long I never got the chance to hula-hoop, so I don't know how! We coloured the picture and decided not to hula-hoop. Maria will never let me live that down! She wanted to hula-hoop! Lastly we had to find the hotel, "The Pink Palace of the Pacific". Before the next leg starts, we are going to Sea Life Park! I love anything with the word "sea" in it because I love the water so much! That's all for know!

Good Sailing!
Rachel Dubois

Bonjour from Athens Greece!!!!

March 11, 2011 at 4:16pm
Bonjour Everyone,

Today in the race we went to Athens, Greece, and we didn't stink this time! Well, we kinda did, but I'll get to that in a minute! We had to find the Greek temple called "The Temple of Olympian Zeus". After that we had to find the two rules for Pankration which is a kind of fighting they do in Greece!. The rules were no biting and no eye gouging. Once that was done, there was a roadblock where we had to hit targets with frisbees, Maria tried and couldn't do it, then I tried and I got it the first time! Next we had to find out was instrument George Dalaras played, the answer was a Bouzouki. It is a string instrument and it is similar to a lute. Then, we had to roll dice and depending on the numbers we roll, we can get bad luck of good luck. We got bad luck, but it only made us smell bad! After the bad luck, we looked up the largest Greek island called Crete. Lastly, we  had to get on boat and we got to the pit-stop. After all that, we came in 3rd place! After the race was over and Maria and I got the stench off, we went for a Greek cooking lesson. Now we know how to cook Greek food! Thats all for today!

Good Sailing,
Rachel Dubois
P.S. Here is a picture of "The Temple of Olympian Zeus".