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What to say? This was the most fantastic vacation of all time. I hadn’t met any of these people beforehand and now we’re great friends. I am so, so glad we clicked and got along the way we did. I felt completely welcome, despite competing on a separate team (quick shoutout to my awesome teammates <3). Our feet may have hurt, our skin may have burned, and our water bottles may have constantly run out, but complaining was just another way of bonding we had. I loved photobombing couples with everyone, confusing tourists and locals alike with our silly objectives, and eating gelato every chance we got. Thank you, Ruth, Meghan, Melissa, Rabea, Jenny, Svenja, Suzie, Jonah, Cynthia, Sophia, Inga, Christine, and Tracy. We were the best group I could have asked for - let’s do it all again this year, this time on the same team!

One cute Misha story to end things:

On the plane ride over, West wanted to sleep under the seats, so Misha crawled under there with him. It was so cramped and uncomfortable that Misha said, “I’m sorry dude, but I just can’t do this. We need to get up.” I wish there had been pictures!

- Sarah

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25. Misha at the winners dinner party holding a piece of spaghetti in his mouth that reaches at least 6 feet to the mouth (you must tie spaghetti ends together) to of one (or more) of the winners. You may use props such as glasses and vases to support the spaghetti…but it cannot touch the table.

Okay, posting this as a photoset so it’s covered from all angles and you can see what is happening. So, this was the task and beforehand we decided to do it with uncooked spaghetti which turned out to be a blessing because we did not actually have spaghetti for the dinner! Philip was actually the one who said to start it. He actually had spaghetti and started to knot them together (I have a picture of that somewhere) and we told him to avoid a big mess we would do it with dry once. Okay. So 7 or 8 of us (incl Misha) started taping the pasta together which was very difficult. We supported it with glasses and wine bottles. It definitely was a very fun task to do. 

Picture by Sophia, Susie and Ruth.

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26. Misha and the winners posing together: three pictures: (1) Misha being supported above them mosh pit style, (2) lying in front of them seductively, (3) him standing away from them as everyone poses yelling at him or making rude Italian gestures. Bonus points if the camera can capture a baguette “in the air” being thrown in his direction. -Rebecca Black – 111.11 pts.

So, while Inga was very considerate and said he should lie down on the veranda of the restaurant, Misha just came out and lied down on the street in front of this very beautiful and unique wall. He really has an eye for stunning backgrounds. But this was a very fun task to do and we’re glad Misha was up for it.

Misha Collins, thank you for being the fucking awesomest person on this planet. And for sitting on my leg for half of the evening…

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8. A picture of one of the winners using a squeegee or similar to clean where there should be a window at the Coliseum.
-John Swindell – 38 pts.

To be practical, we used what we had to clean the window. So sock monkey hat and tripod it was!

This was so much fun!!!