Amazing Race: Europe [Winners: goggles paisano & vexx]

by **Night Strike** on Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:31 pm

Round 7 is finished, but parts of my computer are on the fritz, including my official files for this tournament. I'll hopefully get the games out sometime in the first half of next week.

by **Night Strike** on Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:49 pm

Round 8: British Isles

The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include Great Britain and Ireland, and numerous smaller islands. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Ireland. There are about 136 permanently inhabited islands in the group, the largest two being Great Britain and Ireland. The islands are at relatively low altitudes. The Scottish Highlands in the northern part of Great Britain are mountainous. Other mountainous areas include Wales and parts of the island of Ireland. Lakes on the islands are generally not large, neither are rivers particularly long. The English Channel and the southern North Sea are the busiest seaways in the world. The Channel Tunnel, opened 1994, links Great Britain to France and is the second-longest rail tunnel in the world.

The Isles have a long shared history. Even though they are one of the smallest areas in our trip, it has some of the most interesting sights. These include Hadrian’s Wall in northern England (built by the Romans in 122 and still used today as a bike trail), Westminster Palace in London (including the palace and Big Ben), Stonehenge, Loch Ness in Scotland, and Dublin University in Ireland.

This is the next to last leg of the race, and we are down to our final 6 teams. Half will be eliminated, so I hope you’ve stored up enough tiebreaker points throughout the tournament.

by **luckyderus** on Tue May 05, 2009 1:49 pm

Our first game is complete with pault334 and myself winning in 6 rounds. We got some good rolls to finish that game.

by **pault334** on Thu May 07, 2009 9:31 am

luckyderus and pault334 won the second game in round 8.

by **pault334** on Fri May 08, 2009 12:22 pm

we won the final game too.

by **Night Strike** on Fri May 08, 2009 8:14 pm

4 of the 6 Round 8 games have been completed.

by **Night Strike** on Sat May 16, 2009 1:06 pm

Finals: Europe

The continent of Europe takes up almost 7% of the world’s land and contains 11% of the world’s population. It includes 50 nations/states, with Russia being the largest and Vatican City the smallest. The continent drove the rise in Western civilization in the 16th century, and dominated most of the world in the 17th-19th centuries. The World Wars of the first half of the 20th century left Europe with much less power than it had previously. Today, 27 European nations are members of the European Union, which was designed for ease of travel and market structure.

Congratulations on making it to the final leg of the race. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done up to this point in the tournament; it’s a mad-dash to the finish line. The first team to win 2 games wins the title of Amazing Race: Europe Champions.