Oslo, Norway

            April 27, 2011                                                                         9:42pm

Heyy its Alexis. 1^st we had to the capital of Norway which is “Oslo”. 2^nd we had to find out what you need to have a reindeer race and you need a “U” shape valley. 3^rd we had to find out what “fjord” is and it is an long narrow inlet with a steep cliff.4^th we had to find out what “Trollveggen” was. The answer was “Trolls”. 5^th we had to find out 2 sports in a biathlon. It was “cross country skiing and riffle shooting”. 6^th then it was a “detour” we had to run 4 laps of the school altogether. It was tiring. 7^th was chance I role and got bad luck which added 3 hours to our time. 8^th Colin played a snowmobile game and had to complete 4 laps. It took such a long time. 9^th we finished at the ice hotel named “Jukkasjarvi Sweden”. Some other things we did were:

1.      Went to the “Peninsula Museum”

2.      Went to the “Oslo Opera House”

Peace Out,

Alexis

This is a picture of the "Peninsula  Museum".

Tokyo,Japan

        April 27, 2011                                                                                                     8:15pm   

We are now in Japan. It was a good week for us we thought but it really was not. We came in 8^th and “Team NBA” got eliminated. Now there are only 9 teams in the race.

1^st we had to fly from Oslo Norway to Tokyo Japan. We got the second best flight. 2^nd we had to go and find out what was the name of the famous tourist site. It was “Mount Fuji”. 3^rd we had to sing karaoke to the song “YMCA”. It was not the funniest thing to do. 4^th we had to find the famous palace called the “Imperial Palace”. 5^th we had to watch a video on “Sumo Wrestling” a traditional sport in Japan. We had to find out how you win, how long it last and how can you tell the best “Sumo Wrestlers” from the others. The answers are push the other person out of the ring and knock them down, less than a minute and ropes around the waist. 6^th was a “Roadblock” I let Colin do it. He won on the first try here try it: http://www.myphyisicslab.com/collisionGame.html . 7th we had to find the memorial museum in Japan and what date and event happened in “World War 2”. It was “Shime Peace Memorial 8”. 8^th find out the name of the poisonous fish in Japan it was “Fugu”. Last but not lease the 9^th thing we had to do was find the “Peninsula Hotel in Tokyo”. Some other things we did in Tokyo were:

1.      Went to the “Shibuya Crossing”

2.      Went to see “Odaiba”

3.      Went to see the “Sensoji Temple”

Peace Out,

Alexis

This is a picture of the “Sensoji Temple”.

Amazing Tokyo

Hey its colin and we just finished the Amazing Race, and we were in Tokyo Japan! We flew from Oslo and had to find out for our first challenge what is the famous tourist site in Japan which is Mount Fuji. Then we had to sing YMCA and play the tamborine. That was a funny challenge. Next we had to watchy a video about Sumo Wrestling and you have to hit your opponent down or out of the ring, and the better wrestlers wear a rope around their waist. Then we had to play a Sumo Wrestling game and i finally beat Ashton. Then find out what very famous poisonous fish is called, the Fugu. The pitstop was to find and stay at the Peninsula Hotel in Tokyo

Peninsula Hotel-






Other activities- Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery



Colin Loser

Amazing Race Norway

Hey its Colin here and I'm going to talk to you about The Amazing Race. This week we were in Norway and our first challenge was to find out what the capital of Norway is some of you might know its Oslo. Then we had to find out what you need to run a reindeer race and you need a U shaped valley.Next we had to find out what a fjord is. A fjord is a long narrow inlet with a steep cliff. Then we had some bad luck in chance 3 HOURS of time added. After that we played a snowmobile game and had to complete 4 laps which took way too long. Our pitstop was the worlds most famous ice hotel Jukkasjarvi in Sweden.

Other activities- Munch Museum



Colin Loser

Berlin, Germany

Hey its Colin Loser here and we just finished The Amazing Race in Berlin Germany! Our first challenge was to find the name of the worlds tallest church, called Ulm Minister. Then we had to make the church out of cubes, 32 cubes exactly. Next we had to go find King Ludwig II castle. Did you know that castle was also used in the movie Sleeping Beauty. After that we drove the Auto Bahn highway then find the ingredients to the Black Forest cake. Germany is very popular for the Black Forest cake. This is because Germany is very famous for Black Forest Cake. On the 8th clue we had to find out who or what “Checkpoint Charlie ” was. It is  area where most people tried  to escape to West Germany from East Germany, most people did not make it alive. For the final clue we had to find and stay at the Berlin Radisson Hotel. 

Other activities- Neues Museum

Berlin Raddison Hotel-

Colin Loser

1st in England but not so lucky...

Hey its colin and im going to type about the Amazing Rcce in England! For our first challenge we had to find out when the Queen became in power then find out when the London Eye (largest ferris wheel) in London. Then I had find out how to make the 99 flake, the 99 flake is ice cream with a chocolate bar on the top of it. I decided to eat it instead of alexis and it was pretty good.Next we had to set dominoes up and show the Heelstone. I messed up because I showed the whole Stone henge when I just had to show the Heelstone... Anyways next was a yield and we got yielded by Bubblegum Bling. Payback. Then we played some rugby and then had to find a picture of the London Eye on Thames River. In the end we came in 8th.

Other activities- Greenwich Park

London eye-

Colin Loser

London, England

           april 25, 2011                                                                                                         10:30pm
           This week we were in London, England and had lots fun. Also 2 teams got eliminated. They were “Team Lost” and “Team Rappers”. Well lets get back to what we had to do in the race. 1^st we had to find out who was the head of the “Monarchy” it was “Queen Elizabeth” and what day she was resigned it was February 6^th 1952.2^nd we had to “London Eye”(the largest ferris wheel in Europe) and when it opened. 3^rd it was a road block which means that only one of us could do it. So Colin did. He had to find out how to make a 99 flake. And he did it!!! Good for him. Then he had to eat it. 4^th I had to make the heel stone. I was the 1^st one to get it. Good for me!!! Yeah!!! 5^th Yield. Grrrrrrr… ect. “Team Bubble Gum Bilng” yielded us. Pay back will come. 6^th we had to play rugby we were the 1^st team to finished that. Then we had to find a picture of the “Thames River and The London Eye”. Over all we finished in 8^th place.

            Some other stuff we did was:

1.      “Museum of London”

2.      “Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens”

3.      “Watched Street Performers”

This is the street performer we seen.

Peace out,

Alexis

Berlin, Germany

April 11, 2011                                                                                               10:27 pm
Heyy its Alexis,
          This week I had to do the race by myself again. 1^st I flew from Kona, Hawaii to Berlin, Germany. 2^nd I had to find the world’s tallest church it was called the Ulm Minister. It was 161.9 meters high and had 786 stairs. 3^rd I had to make the church with cubes the number of cubes was 32. 4^th I had to go to the King Ludwig II castle that was used in the movie “Sleeping Beauty”. 5^th I had to drive on the “Auto Bahn” highway.6^th I had to find the ingredients to a “Black Forest Cake”. This is because Germany is very famous for “Black Forest Cake”.7^th I was suppose to eat a piece of “Black Forest Cake” but I couldn’t because I am lactose intolerance. So I took a 2 hour delay. 8^th next I had to find out who or what “Checkpoint Charlie (Checkpoint C)” was. It is the place where most people tried to escape to West Germany from East Germany, and is where most people got killed by snipers on the towers and on the bridge. 9^th I went to the hotel and stayed the night.
Some other things I did are:

1.      Went to Germany’s oldest zoo

2.      Went to the “Pergammon Museum”

3.      Went to the “Berlin Radisson Hotel” with the world’s biggest aquarium

That is all I did in Berlin Germany. Have to go. Bye bye.

Peace out,
Alexis

This is a picture of checkpoint Charlie.

8th in Hawaii

After our 9 hour flight to Hawaii our first challenge was to find out the name of  of the location Japan attacked in the morning of December 7, 1941. Then we had to play some battleship which we got stuck on and lost our place. We then had to find out the name of the volcano goddess ( Pele the fire goddess). After we had to find out how many vowels and consonants are in the Hawaiian alphabet we had to pronounce "The Likelike" highway. 7 clue we had to travel by boat to the main island of Hawaii Honolulu. We had to choose one of two challenges in our next clue and then check into the Pink Palace of the Pacific to finish.

Hawaii

March 28, 2011                                                                                      10:40pm

Heyy it's Alexis. This week we were in Hawaii I had to do it all by myself, because Colin was on a trip. But I did well I got 4^th. Yeah for me! First I had to fly from Toronto to Hawaii. 2^nd I had to go to the spot of the Pearl Harbour war happened with Japan. It was very cool. 3^rd I played a game of battle ship it was hard because the other player was very good at guessing. Here try it: http://www.teamrandy.com/games/battleships/batleships.html .  4^th I went to the goddess of volcanoes and it was called Pele. 5^th I learned the Hawaiian alphabet it is a,e,i,o,u, for the vowels and h,k,l,m,n,p,w for the consonants. 6th there was a “fast forward”. But I passed it up and Team NBA got it. But now they can’t use it again. 7^th I traveled by boat the Honolulu. 8^th was a “detour” there was coloring and hula hooping I chose hula hooping, since I chose hula hooping I passed 3 other teams. Whoa! Last but not least I stayed at “The Pink Palace Of The Pacific”.

Some other things I did in Hawaii are:

1.     Took a helicopter tour over the island of Kauai

2.     Relaxed on Hawaii's world famous beaches

3.     Attend an authentic Polynesian Luau

4.     Shop and Dine in Waikiki

5.     Play golf at any of Hawaii's world class courses

6.     See Waimea Canyon on Kauai, known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific

7.     Bike down Maui's Haleakala Mountain at sunrise

8.     Snorkel off the island of Molokini

9.     Take a whale-watching catamaran cruise

10.                        Visit the active Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island

That is what I did in Hawaii. Well I got to go so bye bye.

Peace out,

Alexis Loser

Athens, Greece

March 22, 2011                                                                                                 9:31am

Heyy, its Alexis loser here I am going to tell you about our trip to Athens, Greece. First we had to fly from Toronto, Ontario to Athens, Greece. After we got off the plane we started the race. We had to find the largest temple in Greece and go to it if we were wanted to save time and we did. The temple is called Olympian Zues. Then we went to watch a wrestling match called “pankration” the only rules are: no eye gouging or biting. We went to the Olympics to get train but only one person could do it so I did. I got it on my first try! Yeah! After we went to get trained how to play the “boyzouki” it was pretty cool. Next up was chance Colin (my brother) did it. He rolled 53. Then we went to the largest Greek island called Crete. From there we went on an all expense cruise around the Greek islands. It was lovely. Some other things we did were:

1. Greek cooking lessons.

2. A half an hour sighting tour.



3. Guided Tour of Athens New Acropolis Museum.

4. Watch a Greek dancing show well eating dinner.

5. Went on the Acropolis Walking Tour.

     

      That is all Colin and I did in Athens Greece. Thanks for reading. Oh and also we got 1st place!

Peace out,

Alexis







Team Losers 1st place!

Hey its Colin Loser and we won! We went to Greece and saw the largest temple "Olympian Zues". We learned what the Greek event, "Pankration" is. The pankration event is a martial art that has two rules; no eye gouging or biting. We watched a video with George Dalaras who was playing his common Greek instrument, which we had to find out, the Bouzouki. We had trouble with the locals because they didn't like us and wouldn't help us, and we had to find the name of the Greek island Crete. Bye.

Colin Loser

Team Losers in Brtish Columbia

Hey, its Colin Loser and we just finished the Amazing Race in British Columbia. We placed 2nd! At the beginning me and my sister (Alexis Loser) had to take a immagration test and had to get atleast 70% on it. We fished for the Halibut for the next clue, and had to score a goal in hockey to move on. Our pitstop was the Fairmont Chateau Whistler the number one ranked ski and golf resort in Canada.
Colin Loser  1:58

British Columbia (Vancouver)

March 3rd 2011                                                                                                          6:25pm      
Hey! My name is Alexis and I am going to be telling you what we are doing in the amazing race this year. Today we (my brother Colin and I) went to Vancouver British Columbia. First in Vancouver we had to do an immigration test and we had to at least get 70% and we did. Yeah for us! Second we went to Stanley Park and played a game we had to get 6000 points. Here try it http://www.cbc.ca/kids/games/skeetersplat/ . Next it was what is called a yield we yielded team twilight and made them two hours late. Then we went to the museum of Olympics to see how many gold silver and bronze medals Canada got. Oh! And what place Canada got. Fifth Colin went fishing. Then we went and played some hockey with the neighbourhood kids. After the game was done the kids ask if we wanted to come back in the summer and play some lacrosse. We said Sure. After all that we went to the Fairmont Chateau Whistler and stayed the night. Some other thing we did is:

1.     Go to the District Foyer Art Gallery

2.     Went to the Lions Music & Dance Festival ( because I love dancing with all my heart)

3.     Street Dance  

4.     We went to the Rally for Tibet to seaport our troops

5.     And last we went to see The Pillowman



This is a picture of Vancouver BC.



That is all we did in Vancouver British Columba. And remember lose lose lose! Okay! Oh! And we got second(2nd) but it was only a practice week. Got to go. Bye bye.

Peace Out,

 Alexis