Amazing Race
Transcript: Finally, the big day has come! To Reykjavik, Iceland! When we got there, we decided to stay for the night, and prepare for the trip back to the country we started in. BRRRRGH! it was really cold there. 900 miles! Day 3 Day 8 Another kayaking day was talked about for today where we kayaked, 850 miles! Arms getting tired!!! First from Rome we traveled to Valletta, Malta, and from Malta we traveled to french island Corsica and stayed there for the night. May tomorrow be the day??? High Speed Train 1000 miles! It wasn't our best day or best train memory as we started to feel bad in the middle of the trip. Feeling sick. But on the bright side we got to see it snow in Moscow, Russia. Plus one capital less! Video may not be working, sorry! Day 1 From our long fought way to Reykjavik, Iceland we went back to our race to all of the other capitals we haven't visited. We went to Madrid, Spain where Matthew felt at home as he talked in spanish. Since we didn't have any more miles we had to stay there for the night. If not please click on little words! 1000 miles! 1000 miles! Day 13 Budapest, Hungary! Day 6 Another long day was planned out for today. We started where we left out yesterday, in Tirana. From there we hiked to Belgrade, Serbia, and then to Zagreb, Croatia. Leaving from Croatia we traveled to Ljubljana, Slovenia, and then in Rome, Italy where we ate in a restaurant 10 times better than Olive Garden. 1000 miles! Matthew & Elijah's Amazing Race 900 miles! After a long day on the rails yesterday we went back to our old method, hiking the miles. We started in Moscow where we slept yesterday and traveled all the way to Kiev, Ukraine. From there we went to Bucharest, Romania where we got to see some of the Carpathian Mountains. There was a slight delay in our plans, so we decided to go to Iceland after we get a few more countries over with. So for today we traveled to Stockholm, Sweden, Oslo, Norway, Copenhagen,Denmark, and Bergen, Norway! We got plenty of rest and spared some miles. Day 3 800 miles! 850 miles! YAY!!! It was today, today was the day we got to Budapest, Hungary! Here is how it all started from Bastia, Corsica, we kayaked to Monaco and reached mainland. From there we went to Bern, Switzerland and then to Vienna, Austria. We crossed over the Alps they were beautiful. We stopped to admire the mountains but we had to continue to get to Budapest today, from there we went went to Bratislava, Slovakia and finally reached Budapest, Hungary. Day 7 While we rested in Luxembourg for the night, the next day we traveled to Brussels, Belgium, by hiking. 100 miles of hiking! We then traveled to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, another 100 miles of hiking! That's what you call extreme conditioning. We still had 800 miles to go. Berlin is in Germany, right next to the Czech Republic, where we traveled next, exactly to Prague. By hiking, of course. Last, but not least, we made it to Warsaw, Poland. Wheew! From Bucharest, Romania home one of the most wonderful naturally forming sites, we go to Sofia, Bulgaria, pretty good food there, from there we went to Athens, Greece where we learned about the greek gods, Zeus, Athena, Poseidon, etc. And finally we started in Athens an went to Tirana, Albania. By: Matthew & Elijah Day 14 After a night in the country of Spain we saw that we had forgotten to visit Portugal's capital Lisbon. Aah, but no panic luckily Lisbon has a high speed rail all the way to Moscow, Russia our next planned destination. 850 miles! Day 4 On day three, we first went to Minsk, Belarus. We traveled from there to Vilnius, Lithuania, to refill our canteens and stop for a meal. Yum! Once we ate our fill we traveled to Riga, Latvia and Tallinn, Estonia, the chef's hat and the shoe. Then we advanced to the Scandinavian Peninsula, and packed for the LONG Icelandic journey ahead. From Helsinki, Finland to Turku, Finland we gathered supplies for the ultimate kayaking adventure. 900 miles! Day 10 Celebration Time! Day 12 If it doesn't work sorry! No more alternatives. 850 miles! 950 miles! Day 9 http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=62547&title=European_Capital_Song 350 miles! We started our journey in London, England, and went to Liverpool, England by hiking. We then traveled to Dublin, Ireland, by crossing the Irish Sea by kayaking. We also went to Paris, France, by kayaking from Dublin, and then hiked to Luxembourg, Luxembourg, which also is below Belgium. We traveled a total of 1000 miles! Wow, that was a lot! Day 2 Day 11 Day 5 European Capital Song! Well, goodbye Iceland. A short lived victory, it was. Back to the U.K., where we don't need a translator! We kayaked ALL the way to Belfast, had a cup of warm tea, some scones, and got PLENTY of rest.