I like the Speed Bumps. They're an extra thing to do, so it does slow you down, but they're never very difficult, and almost always have some kind of "slow down and enjoy the local culture" aspect to them, so it's not a HUGE punishment on top of already being in last place.

I caught part of TAR last night. When the people were susposed to be at Neuschwanstein and were at ... Hochswanstein? the wrong castle, anyway. Seriously - it's one of the most photographed sights in the area!

It was amazing to me just how many of the teams made that same mistake.

I don't watch TAR, but Hohenschwangau is right next to Neuschwanstein. I can't remember the exact layout, but you can see one from the other. And I think the town is Hohenschwangau.

ah - that's it. As far as I could tell, the clue was something about looking for Sleeping Beauty's castle and at least two couples ended up at Hohenschwangau. They had to wait for the English-language tour, go through the castle, and then discovered - oops! - wrong castle!

I know the way the hill wraps around, from certain vantage points you can't see Neuschwanstein.

From Wikipedia, it seems even more confusing:

In the Middle Ages, three castles overlooked the village.

One was called Schwanstein Castle. In 1832, Ludwig's father King Maximilian II of Bavaria bought its ruins to replace them by the comfortable neo-Gothic palace known as Hohenschwangau Castle. Finished in 1837, the palace became his family's summer residence, and his elder son Ludwig (born 1845) spent a large part of his childhood here.

Vorderhohenschwangau Castle and Hinterhohenschwangau Castle sat on a rugged hill overlooking Schwanstein Castle, two nearby lakes (Alpsee and Schwansee), and the village. Separated only by a moat, they jointly consisted of a hall, a keep, and a fortified tower house. In the 19th century only ruins remained of the medieval twin castles, but those of Hinterhohenschwangau served as a lookout place known as Sylphenturm.

The ruins above the family palace were known to the crown prince from his excursions. He first sketched one of them in his diary in 1859. When the young king came to power in 1864, the construction of a new palace in place of the two ruined castles became the first in his series of palace building projects. Ludwig himself called the new palace New Hohenschwangau Castle – only after his death was it renamed Neuschwanstein. The confusing result is that Hohenschwangau and Schwanstein have effectively swapped names: Hohenschwangau Castle replaced the ruins of Schwanstein Castle, and Neuschwanstein Castle replaced the ruins of the two Hohenschwangau Castles.

I like the Speed Bumps. They're an extra thing to do, so it does slow you down, but they're never very difficult, and almost always have some kind of "slow down and enjoy the local culture" aspect to them, so it's not a HUGE punishment on top of already being in last place.

That is my current feeling, absolutely. Although if it were stupid Brenchel in last, I'd be dying for them to go ahead and lose.

Anybody else watching Drag Race?? What the heck happened?! What rules did Willam break?

I don't know! I fast forward through a lot of the drama in the middle, so I thought I'd missed it. Maybe he was drinking (and that's why he threw up). But then they are always enjoying an Absolut cocktail in the Interior Illusions Lounge

But then they are always enjoying an Absolut cocktail in the Interior Illusions Lounge

Right, I can't imagine that would be the reason. HMMMM!!!

I did not fast forward and I don't think I missed anything rule breaking. Also Tom & Lorenzo are posting like they have no idea either so I don't think there was anything shown to give us a clue. A mystery!!