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A ROCKY START
Landing in Dubrovnik at 11:20am, dating couples Nate & Jen and Kynt & Vyxsin got a jump on Ron & Chris out of the airport, but the two Teams wandered around the docks at the Fort of St. Lawrence unable to find the cluebox. This allowed Ron & Christina to take the lead as they discovered a Roadblock. In it, one Team member had to help in the renovation of the city walls damaged by the bombings during the Yugoslavian civil war of the 1990s. The Racer needed to search through a pile of 150 stones to find one of eight that fit into the wall.

Ron walked over to the huge pile of rocks and began trying to find one that fit. After a few misfires, he slid a stone into the wall that was a perfect fit, as Christina cheered in approval. Opening their next clue, the pair learned they had to make their way to the roof of the Fort of St. Lawrence and take a tandem zip line to the roof of Fort Borkar.

ROW YOUR BOAT
With Nate & Jen and Kynt & Vyxsin still trying to find the Roadblock, Ron & Christina suited up and held on for dear life as they sailed across the Adriatic Sea to Fort Borkar on the other side of the zip line. After the exhilarating ride, the father and daughter discovered a Detour waiting for them with a choice between Short & Long and Long & Short. In Short & Long, Teams must rappel down from the roof of the fort to the base and follow the marked path to a city wall that they had to climb with a rope ladder. Then, once at the top, they had to make their way through Dubrovnik’s Old Town to a plaza where they would find their next clue. The hard physical part of the task was short, but then Teams must navigate a long distance through the confusing streets to the plaza. In Long & Short, Teams must use a tandem zip-line to fly from the fort to the water below. Then, after swimming to a floating platform, they must choose a small fishing boat, row around the city walls to the old harbor, and run to the same plaza, where they would find their next clue. The hard physical part of this task was much longer, but the short distance to the plaza was far less confusing.

As Nate and Kynt began searching for stones that fit into the city wall, Ron & Christina took another thrill ride on a zip line to the water below. After swimming to the platform, they jumped into a fishing boat in hopes of keeping their lead. Initially, Ron didn’t appreciate Christina’s suggestions or help, saying, “This is so ass backwards.” However, when it became clear that Ron couldn’t row the boat by himself, he offered Christina an oar to help, a gesture that surprised and touched her. She said, “I’m glad that my dad and I are doing this together.”

RELATIONSHIP ON THE ROCKS
The teamwork between Ron & Christina was in stark contrast to Nate & Jen, who began rowing with the hopes of overtaking the father and daughter. Lack of rowing experience coupled with a volatile relationship led to another blowup between the dating couple. The fighting escalated to the point where Jen shouted, “I’m never gonna to be with you ever again. I hate you with a passion.”

Their fighting carried onto dry land, even though the dating couple had overtaken Ron & Christina in a race for the cluebox. With first place on the line, both Teams needed a taxi to the next Pit Stop at the Stone Cross Overlook. Ron & Christina snagged a taxi ahead of Nate & Jen, whom a driver deemed too wet to take. Jen began crying as Nate tried to calm her. A frustrated Jen shouted, “It’s not okay! Our relationship sucks!”

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