We are huge fans of "The Amazing Race" and talk all the time how we would do on such a show / race, so I think this exchange is just a test run for the show. Here are the differences:
Amazing Race
Requires something like 20 weeks off from work.
Amazing Home Exchange
Requires 20 different technology gizmos so that I can keep logging 40+ hours a week.
Amazing Race
Consists of racers who are people with crazy backgrounds or interesting lives that compel someone to put them on TV. Usually half of the racers have been.....surgically enhanced.
Amazing Home Exchange
Consists of a couple of ordinary people with goofy kids. We would actually make for good TV. We argue about directions, usually choose solutions opposite of each other, and we are open to being surgically enhanced.
Amazing Race
Racers compete in a series of tasks designed to test their teamwork, communication skills, and physical abilites.
Amazing Home Exchange
Pretty much the same.
Amazing Race
During the race people can win super prizes and the grand prize winners get a million dollars and some small level of fame.
Amazing Home Exchange
This one works the opposite of the Amazing Race. At the end you have spent a million dollars and in between you tell the kids we can't buy any super cools things because we don't have room in our backpacks. (This is actually a pretty cool excuse)
That about covers it. Tune in next week when I compare our exchange trip to an episode of "Lost".
I especially love the photo comparisons. Very clever.
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