Absolutely... Eiffel Tower!

## Subpages

**Absolutely... Eiffel Tower!** is the eigth episode of *TSM The Amazing Race 4: Fans & Favorites*.

## Story

Leg 8 (Based off Leg 9 of The Amazing Race 21)

The race resumes at Villa Trapp.

Psy & Alex will depart 1st at 7:02 PM.

**Route Info:** Using a flag for reference, teams must figure out the flag is of The Netherlands and fly to its capital, Amsterdam. Upon arrival, teams must travel by train to Amsterdam Centraal railway station to find their next clue.

Angel & Abe depart 2nd at 7:03 PM.

**Alex:** "I think we're going to France."

**Abe:** "I know it's The Netherlands so we need a train to Amsterdam"

**Alex:** "Hey taxi driver do you know what the flag is."

**Driver:** "It's The Netherlands."

**Psy:** "Alex, you're so dumb."

**Alex:** "Dang it, I wanted to go to France."

Angel & Abe get on a train leaving at 9:00 and arriving Tomorrow at 12:30 PM.

Psy & Alex get on a train leaving at 9:00 and arriving Tomorrow at 12:30 PM.

Pie & Bright depart 3rd at 8:14 PM.

**Pie:** "This is cool... we get to go to Paris!"

Pie & Bright get on the train leaving at 9:00 but for Paris; it's arriving at 3:00 PM.

**Bright:** "Abe, are you excited to go to Paris?"

**Abe:** “Yes... absolutely... Eiffel Tower!”

*confessional*

**Angel:** "We know it's Amsterdam but somehow Pie & Bright thought it was Paris."

**Abe:** "If they get on the wrong train, that's only going to help us."

Briana & Amy depart 4th at 8:45 PM.

**Briana:** "We're going to The Netherlands."

Bwinter & Turt depart 5th at 8:52 PM.

Jack & Wilted depart 6th at 8:53 PM.

First Train Leaves

Briana & Amy are on a train leaving at 9:15 PM and arriving at 12:55 PM.

Bwinter & Turt are on a train leaving at 9:15 and arriving at 12:55 PM.

**Wilted:** "Guys where are we going."

**Bwinter:** "Paris, France."

**Wilted:** "Ok, thanks for telling us."

Jack & Wilted get tickets on a train leaving at 9:30 and arriving at 3:00 PM since there are no stops. They're going to Paris.

Second Train Leaves

Third Train Leaves

Mega & Cloud depart Last at 9:36 PM.

**Mega:** "Let's make sure we know where we're going."

Mega & Cloud are going on a train to The Netherlands without any stops and it's leaving at 9:55 PM and arriving at 12:45 PM.

The train leaves

Train 1: Psy & Alex, Angel & Abe, Pie & Bright

Train 2: Mega & Cloud

Train 3: Briana & Amy. Bwinter & Turt

Train 4: Jack & Wilted (incorrect train)

Turt is sleeping and snoring

**Bwinter:** "Ughh can he shut up. I’m trying to sleep and he is being quite annoying. This is probably karma for lying to Wilted."

First train arrives

Pie & Bright don’t realize their mistake and stay on the train.

The train leave for Paris

Angel & Abe find the clue currently in 1st place

Psy & Alex find the clue currently in 2nd place

**Route Info:** Teams must travel on foot to a nearby marked boat, and travel on the Amstel river where they have to seek out a *pofertjesboot*, a floating poffertjes stand, near the Magere Brug to receive their next clue.

**Angel:** "It's a Fast Forward."

**Fast Forward:** Teams would have to travel by taxi to the Van Gogh Café and board a marked amphibious bus called The Floating Dutchman. Once the bus enters the water, both team members have to eat five soused herring before the bus returns to land, a trip that takes seven minutes. If they run out of time, the bus would return to the Van Gogh Café and the team would have to wait 10 minutes for the next trip. If they finish their herring, they would win the Fast Forward.

**Alex:** "We're doing the Fast Forward."

**Angel:** "Let's not do the fast forward, let's get to the U-Turn."

**Abe:** "We won't get first but we will have power over the direction of the U-Turn so yeah."

Second train arrives

Mega & Cloud find the speed bump

**Speed Bump:** Mega & Cloud must make their way on foot to a nearby shoe store and pick up two sets of clogs and deliver them to a man while wearing them. Once they're done with that they can continue racing

Psy & Alex fail Fast Forward

Psy & Alex do it again.

Third train arrives

Briana & Amy get off the train.

Bwinter & Turt oversleep and miss their stop. They are now on their way to Belgium.

**Pie:** "Almost there now."

**Passenger:** "Hey, are you trying to go to that flag's country?"

**Bright:** "Yes"

**Passenger:** "Then you missed your stop. That's The Netherlands, not France"

Pie & Bright realize their mistake.

**Pie:** "Crap! We need to get off and get on a new train"

**Passenger:** "You're in luck because they just added a stop in Belgium so you can get a new train there."

Pie & Bright's new train will arrive at 1:45 PM.

Bwinter & Turt wake up.

Bwinter & Turt start RAGING AS THE NEXT TIME IS IN 20 MINUTES.

Angel & Abe get their next clue currently in 1st place.

**Detour:** Back in Time or Organ to Grind?

**Choice A:** *Back in Time*
Teams would have to recreate the Rembrandt painting, The Night Watch with a group of costumed actors and props, including themselves. If the Rembrandt impersonator is satisfied with the recreation, he will award the teams their next clue.

**Choice B:** *Organ to Grind*
Teams would have to find one of three Dutch street organs, one team member has to run the machine while the other asks for tips. Once they've earned €30, the organ grinder will give them their next clue.

Angel & Abe are doing Organ to Grind

Mega & Cloud finish speed bump

Psy & Alex fail fast forward again. They give up on it.

Mega & Cloud are doing Fast Forward

Briana & Amy are skipping the fast forward.

Jack & Wilted realize their mistake and demand the person to make a stop. He agrees to stop at the next destination which luckily is in 10 minutes and is The Netherlands at 1:15 PM.

Bwinter & Turt are getting tickets on a train arriving at 2:00 PM.

Briana & Amy are doing Back in time

Psy & Alex are doing Back in time

Mega & Cloud win Fast Forward. Currently in 1st place.

Angel & Abe finish detour currently in 2nd place.

Teams must travel on foot to Museum Geelvinck and search the gardens to find their next clue.

Jack & Wilted's train arrives.

Jack & Wilted are doing Back in Time

Angel & Abe choose not to U-Turn anyone.

**Route Info:** Teams must travel by bus or taxi, if no bus is available, to Ransdorp and search for the village's field to find their next clue.

**Angel:** "Let's find a taxi."

**Abe:** "No, we have to take a bus. I’m not taking a penalty."

**Angel:** "Just cause you won the race doesn't mean you're a know it all."

**Abe:** "Read the clue."

**Angel:** "Oh oops. I hit my head earlier. Maybe it gave me a concussion. Let's go."

Briana & Amy finish detour currently in 3rd place.

Mega & Cloud, You have made amazing history just like Getsome & Sarah from worst to first. You are team number 1! You have won a trip to Athens, Greece.

Angel & Abe find the field currently in 2nd place

**Roadblock:** One team member must play a sport called *fierljeppen* by completing a single vault over a 12 feet wide irrigation ditch and landing on both feet on the marshy grass at the other side. Once the vaulting ditch is okay, they'll receive a pair of Dutch clogs as their next clue. The team member would have to vault back once they've received their clogs in order to continue.

Angel is doing the RB

Angel falls in the water

**Angel:** "Now I’m cold and wet."

Briana & Amy U-Turn Jack & Wilted.

Pie & Bright's train arrives.

Angel finishes the RB currently in 2nd place.

Jack & Wilted finish detour currently in 4th place.

Psy & Alex finish detour currently in 5th place.

Pie & Bright are doing Organ to Grind

Angel & Abe, you are team number 2.

Bwinter & Turt's train arrives

Jack & Wilted U-Turn Psy & Alex.

**Psy:** "DUDE!"

**Wilted:** "you're the only team we know that's behind us. Sorry not sorry"

Both teams must now do Organ to Grind

Briana is doing the RB

Briana finishes the RB currently in 3rd place.

Bwinter & Turt are doing Back in Time

Briana & Amy, you are team number 3.

Psy & Alex finish detour currently in 4th place.

Bwinter & Turt finish detour currently in 5th place.

Psy & Alex make it to U-Turn board

Bwinter & Turt make it to U-Turn board

Pie & Bright finish detour currently in 6th place.

Jack & Wilted finish detour currently in last place.

Pie & Bright get to U-Turn board.

Jack & Wilted get to U-Turn board.

Bus race to the RB

Psy is doing the RB

Bwinter is doing the RB

Bwinter finishes the RB currently in 4th place.

Pie is doing the RB

Jack is doing the RB

Jack finishes the RB currently in 5th place.

**Jack:** "Double U-Turn that."

**Wilted:** "Bye Alex hahaha."

Bwinter & Turt, you overslept, you where the last team to get here, But you are team number 4.

Psy finishes the RB currently in 6th place.

Pie finishes the RB currently in last place.

Jack & Wilted after a U-Turn, you are team number 5. Heres another team. Psy & Alex, you are team number 6.

Pie & Bright, You are the last team to arrive. And I'm very sorry to tell you that you have been eliminated from the race.

## Route Markers

* Pit Start
* Route Info 1
* Speed Bump
* Fast Forward
* Route Info 2
* Detour
* Route Info 3
* U-Turn
* Route Info 4
* Roadblock
* Route Info 5 and Pit Stop
 The order of departure from Villa Trapp are as follows:

1. Psy & Alex (7:02 pm)
2. Angel & Abe (7:03 pm)
3. Pie & Bright (8:14 pm)
4. Briana & Amy (8:45 pm)
5. Bwinter & Turt (8:52 pm)
6. Jack & Wilted (8:53 pm)
7. Mega & Cloud (9:36 pm)
 Using a flag for reference, teams must figure out the flag is of The Netherlands and fly to its capital, Amsterdam. Upon arrival, teams must travel by train to Amsterdam Centraal railway station to find their next clue.

 At Amsterdam Centraal railway station, Mega & Cloud would receive their clue for their **Speed Bump**.
Mega & Cloud must make their way on foot to a nearby shoe store and pick up two sets of clogs and deliver them to a man while wearing them. Once they're done with that they can continue racing.

 The **Fast Forward** instructions were given to them after receiving their clue at Amsterdam Centraal railway station.
Teams would have to travel by taxi to the Van Gogh Café and board a marked amphibious bus called The Floating Dutchman. Once the bus enters the water, both team members have to eat five soused herring before the bus returns to land, a trip that takes seven minutes. If they run out of time, the bus would return to the Van Gogh Café and the team would have to wait 10 minutes for the next trip. If they finish their herring, they would win the Fast Forward. Mega & Cloud won the Fast Forward.

 Teams must travel on foot to a nearby marked boat, and travel on the Amstel river where they have to seek out a *pofertjesboot*, a floating poffertjes stand, near the Magere Brug to receive their next clue.

**Choice A:** *Back in Time*
Teams would have to recreate the Rembrandt painting, The Night Watch with a group of costumed actors and props, including themselves. If the Rembrandt impersonator is satisfied with the recreation, he will award the teams their next clue.

Briana & Amy, Bwinter & Turt, Jack & Wilted, and Psy & Alex chose this task.

**Choice B:** *Organ to Grind*
Teams would have to find one of three Dutch street organs, one team member has to run the machine while the other asks for tips. Once they've earned €30, the organ grinder will give them their next clue.

Angel & Abe and Pie & Bright chose this task. Teams must travel on foot to Museum Geelvinck and search the gardens to find their next clue.

 At Museum Geelvinck, teams would have the option to **U-Turn** a team, with two slots available. Brianna & Amy used the first slot of the **U-Turn** on Jack & Wilted. Jack & Wilted used the second slot of the **U-Turn** on Psy & Alex.

Since Jack & Wilted completed the *Back in Time* Detour, they would be forced to backtrack and complete the *Organ to Grind* Detour before continuing.

Since Psy & Alex completed the *Back in Time* Detour, they would be forced to backtrack and complete the *Organ to Grind* Detour before continuing. Teams must travel by bus or taxi, if no bus is available, to Ransdorp and search for the village's field to find their next clue.

 The team member assigned to perform the Roadblock would have to play a sport called *fierljeppen* by completing a single vault over a 12 feet wide irrigation ditch and landing on both feet on the marshy grass at the other side. Once the vaulting ditch is okay, they'll receive a pair of Dutch clogs as their next clue. The team member would have to vault back once they've received their clogs in order to continue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

* Angel & Abe
* Briana & Amy
* Bwinter & Turt
* Jack & Wilted
* Pie & Bright
* Psy & Alex
 Teams must travel by taxi to the House of Rembrandt's Mistress to check in.
For coming in first place, Mega & Cloud won a trip for two to Athens, Greece, provided by Travelocity.

## Leaderboard

**Legend:**
     First Place •      Eliminated •      Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg•      Saved from elimination by the Salvage Pass or The Save •      Season winner •      Season 2nd place •      Season 3rd place • **►** Used the Fast Forward • **ϵ** Used the Express Pass• **⊂** User of the first Double U-Turn slot • **⊃** Recipient of the first Double U-Turn slot • **⋐** User of the second Double U-Turn slot • **⋑** Recipient of the second Double U-Turn slot

 **1st place**►****

 **2nd place**

 **3rd place**

 **4th place**

 **5th place**

 **6th place**

 **7th place**