I was watching Entertainment Tonight (before AR) and they were mentioning that this was going to be a cliffhanger episode, and we won't find out who's eliminated until AFTER January 1st - that there's going to be a special "favorite moments of Amazing Race" episode next week with never-before-seen footage or something. That sounds pretty interesting (but I love AR, so anything's fine with me!)
Tonight's episode (for ms_gwyn) started with them leaving Brandenburg Gate and heading to Checkpoint Charlie (the guard station from when the Berlin Wall was still up and separating the two parts of Germany), then going to the Olympic Stadium where they had to sign up on a sign-in board. (Order was Freddy & Kendra, Hayden & Aaron, Jonathan & Victoria, Kris & Jon, Gus & Hera, Rebecca & Adam, Bolo & Lori). They had to wait until the stadium opened at 6 am, where they went in for a Roadblock (kinda like a catapulted bungee jump). From there, they went to the airport and flew to Budapest, Hungary (this is where Jonathan thinks that Gus & Hera stole "his" seats, when in fact they went to a travel agent and probably booked the tickets before they were confirmed for J & V). They then had to drive these little cars (as Kris (?) termed them, Herbie cars) to Egag (?), where they completed a Detour (either catapulting a watermelon to crack a wooden box, or pushing a cannon up a hill and then transporting 55 cannonballs up to the same spot and stacking them in a pyramid - everyone chose the cannonball, although G & H and R & A both originally tried the catapult). Once completed, they took a train back to Budapest, where they had to find an Internet cafe to get their next clue (through AOL). The cafe didn't open until 10pm, so everyone bunched up (except for Lori & Bolo, who've been left at the train station to wait for the train to Budapest in the morning). We saw the other six teams heading into the cafe, and then that's where it ended - but it looks like the next new episode will feature a roadblock with a large amount of food to consume (flashback to the caviar and the ostrich (?) egg of last season)
Hope this helped!
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