So.....I really don't watch much tv. I have probably a total of 5 shows I watch frequently (college football doesn't count....we all know I waste every Saturday for 6 months!). One of the shows I have come to love is The Amazing Race.
Check it out: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race/
(Whitney and I backpacking in Geneva!)
The show has pairs of contestants who race around the world. At each stop, the last team to complete their tasks is eliminated. The winners get $1 million. But even without the million dollars, these people get an amazing chance to travel the world, to places that they would not go otherwise, on someone else's dollar. They get to meet people from all over the country who they are competing against, and meet people from all over the world on their journey.(Map of this year's race)
So......I really want to go on this show and have beentalking to my friends about who my partner should be. Major concern for me is going to be the whole car-sickness sitution. These people are always in cabs going a million miles an hour then on a plane then on a bus, then on a boat. Looks like a disaster for someone who is motion sick. Anyway, hopefully I'll trap someone in to applying with me. Even if we didn't make it on the show, how cool would it be to have applied??(Me at the Coliseum in Rome, Italy)
Stay tuned......maybe you'll see me puking my way across the world some day!
4 comments:
I would race around the world with your throwing up self anyday! :) They had Amazing Race auditions here in Champaign like a week after I moved here... if only I'd have known you were interested! :)
My strategy was to get a boy to go with me....because they are always having to haul crap around. But none of them seem too interested. You and I have both traveled a lot....I think this could work. And, if we flirt with the teams of big strong boys, they will probably help us. PS--don't mention that part to Jon! Let's look at how we apply....I think if we play up small town farm girls, we could get on!!
The motion-sickness thing could also make for fun footage. Everyone likes the drama of seeing someone throw up on live TV! Go for it!
Thanks, Katrina!! I have been googling how to apply and I found the application, but I can't find the due date.
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