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