Team CrazyPants, our favorites Mirna and Shmirna, are the first team to leave at 4:20am. From the clue, we learn that teams must fly to Warsaw, Poland. They must make their way to Czapski Palace, Frederic Chopin's childhood home, where they'll find a man dressed as Chopin playing the piano and guarding their clue. I love how TAR isn't ashamed to make the locals dress up in embarrassing costumes, so we Americans watching on our TV sets at home can watch and think "Them there folks in Warsaw sure are quaint!"

Since flights to Warsaw are limited, TAR is providing all the teams with tickets for a flight that will arrive at 11:35am the next day. Given how screwy the flights were last time, we can be sure that TAR fired some PAs and got someone professional to find our teams some good tickets, right?

The Cha Cha Cha's get their clue at 4:28am and they share a taxi with Team CrazyPants to a travel agency that opens at 8:30am. Joyce and Uchenna are the third team to leave, departing at 7:55am. They decide to make their way to South African Airlines, which also opens at 8:30am.

The BQ's are the fourth team to leave. There is a lot of excitement on Dustin's part, as she's declares with full beauty queen enthusiasm "We're going to see Chopin playing piano!" This causes much other BQ confusion, as Kandace asks "For real?" forcing Dustin to explains, "Well, he's dead."

And this made me wonder what Kandace's talent was in the Miss America competition, because it obviously wasn't music. Or trivia (Is that a talent? Because it should be.). I think her talent might have been dance, but I didn't get official confirmation because I got distracted in my search by this:

Sure, it opens up a lot more questions than it answers: What does Kandace have to do with Madame Tussauds? Or eyeballs? Or a slutty Mrs. Santa Claus who loves eyeballs? Why don't I know Chinese? But even with all those questions, it's still worth checking out.

Team CrazyPants, Cha Cha Cha and the BQ's all congregate at the travel agency. The travel agent finally arrives, and the phone is ringing as she unlocks the door. Who could it be? A local Zanzibarian hoping to travel away from Mecca, what with the influx of travelers we experienced in last week's episode? Chopin, calling for Kandace from the Great Beyond to ask about Christmas and eyeballs? ET, phoning home?

Nope. It's Uchenna, calling from the South African Airways office, hoping to find a travel agent who can help him. When the BQ's and Team CrazyPants realize who it is, they ask her to hang up. And she does. Travel agents in Zanzibar love little people! Or do they love beauty queens? Or are they just grateful that Shmirna finally taught them how to work a phone - So magic! So simple!

One travel agent in the office starts to work with Cha Cha Cha and CrazyPants, while the other travel agent works with the BQ's. Mirna quickly instructs their agent not to share information with the other agent, explaining then asking "Do you understand me, sister?" This sweet Muslim working woman seems thrilled to be Mirna's sister.

She is Mirna, hear her roar, for it is the Sisterhood of the Traveling Agent!

Mirna continues to lean across the desk, waving her hands at the woman and ordering her in broken English "Check next one!" "You concentrate!"

Mirna's strategy backfires, oddly enough, because the other travel agent gets the BQ's the last two tickets on a flight through Frankfurt that lands in Warsaw at 9:10am. Shocked, Mirna demands to know how the BQ's could have booked tickets, when she specifically ordered the woman to concentrate on getting her a ticket.

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Posted in Amazing Race by Awesomeness at 11:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (11)
Last Comment: daydreamer05 on Apr 10, 2007 08:21 PM.

Comments (11)

Jack Bauer Shaving Interlude:

Great recap. I agree 100% with your preferred final 3. All 3 teams have raced in the proper spirit of the show, and are all very likeable as a result.

This season has been a welcome return to the TAR I love, and I for one hope the producers don't try too hard to even everybody up. I like more separation, and tasks and destinations that create that separation.

1 of 11 | Posted by Jack Bauer Shaving Interlude | Posted on April 7, 2007 1:49 AM

joyfulchicken :

Is Mirna CrazyPants really a lawyer? I wonder what she's like in the courtroom.

2 of 11 | Posted by joyfulchicken | Posted on April 7, 2007 5:13 AM

Featherhead :

Great Recap, but you left out two funny parts. The part in the car when Mirna is screaming at schmirna to hold on to the clue, that she is doing everything and schmirna does nothing. yada yada yada, then schmirna tells her she is waiting for Mirna to yell at her some more. My other favorite part was when the BQ's were hiding in the phone booth waiting for the next team to arrive to team up with and when it ends up being Team Crazypants, they considered staying in hiding til someone else arrived.

3 of 11 | Posted by Featherhead | Posted on April 7, 2007 5:50 AM

siked!:

I love any recap that uses the term "cougar." Thank you.

4 of 11 | Posted by siked! | Posted on April 7, 2007 7:32 AM

Nancy:

Great review! I love team BQs because they don't yell at each other and genuinely seem to be having fun. I loved them laughing while Mirna yelled at Charla at the eating detour. They didn't even get frustrated!

5 of 11 | Posted by Nancy | Posted on April 7, 2007 8:19 AM

Foxbase Alpha :

I wonder if Charla's chunks are smaller when she spews?

6 of 11 | Posted by Foxbase Alpha | Posted on April 7, 2007 8:28 AM

GiadaFan :

Darn DVR didn't record the second hour of the show!

I've been waiting all week for a good recap, WHAT TOOK SO LONG?!?!

Nah, just jokes - commendable recap, even better than the official CBS version.

I am hoping for a similar threeway - ChaChaCha, BQs, and Joychenna. Chas ftw, but if any of those three win, that'd be fine by me.

As long as the Crazies don't win. Hell, I'd even take Eric 'n' Breasts to win over The Lawyer and her sane partner (just as crazy, more likable).

I am sure the time gap will be reduced somehow. There's always some monument, historic site, or cave that is only open from 10 am to 5 pm. With the frontrunners' luck, their flight will arrive at 5:15 local time to give the laggers time to meet them when the gates open the next morning.

7 of 11 | Posted by GiadaFan | Posted on April 7, 2007 2:32 PM

626 :

A long wait for the recap but well worth it. I always love your recaps Awesomeness. They're pretty much the only thing that keep me coming here anymore.

8 of 11 | Posted by 626 | Posted on April 7, 2007 3:34 PM

siked!:

# 9Anon...
1. Get a real name
2. You write a recap if you think you can do a better job
3. This website isn't for nobel prize in literature submissions..maybe you should check the website you thought you were going to
4. Lighten up.

9 of 11 | Posted by siked! | Posted on April 8, 2007 8:05 AM

GiadaFan :

Seriously Anonymous, go somewhere else. Take a chill pill as all the hip kids say.

10 of 11 | Posted by GiadaFan | Posted on April 8, 2007 1:26 PM

daydreamer05:

cool recap.

why do you guys hate C&M so much?

don't hate me for this, but i kinda wanted them to win.

11 of 11 | Posted by daydreamer05 | Posted on April 10, 2007 8:21 PM

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