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  • Caroline Aghajanian: On this episode of "Travel Dares,"

  • I'm taking Aj to the beaches of Mont Saint-Michel

  • to learn how to escape quicksand.

  • Aj Caldwell: And I'm taking Caroline to Lare Poulard

  • to learn how to make the world's fluffiest omelet.

  • Caroline: Come join us on our adventures

  • on this episode of "Travel Dares."

  • Welcome to "Travel Dares."

  • Last season, I traveled all around the US

  • with my friend Joe.

  • This season, I'm taking two new friends

  • all across Europe to explore more exciting activities.

  • On today's episode, we're here in northern France

  • with my friend Aj.

  • Bonjour, Aj!

  • Aj: Bonjour.

  • Caroline: How excited are you?

  • Aj: I'm so excited, Caroline.

  • Caroline: All right, here is your clue.

  • Aj: All right.

  • Oh, my gosh, I don't know if I'm ready

  • for this one, Caroline.

  • Caroline: Aj, you're gonna have great time. Let's go.

  • Aj loves unique activities that are filled with adrenaline,

  • and this is one of the only places in the world

  • where you can learn how to escape quicksand.

  • Before we get to your dare, you have to take off your shoes.

  • Aj: Now I think that sink is, like, a literal

  • I'm going to sink.

  • Caroline: Slow steps, don't worry, don't worry.

  • Aj: What is this, what am I standing on? All right.

  • Caroline: Aj, take off your blindfold.

  • Aj: OK.

  • Caroline: We're at Mont Saint-Michel,

  • and we're gonna learn how to escape quicksand.

  • Aj: Oh, my gosh. What?

  • Caroline: Yes, yes.

  • Aj: Oh, my gosh, look at that.

  • Stephane Gueno: So, I am your guide for today,

  • and I will show the quicksand and the way to get out.

  • Aj: All right, let's do it.

  • Caroline: Perfect. Let's go. Stephane: Yeah.

  • Caroline: I think we're getting really close.

  • Aj: Oh, I think we're here.

  • Stephane: OK, so we stop here, and we jump,

  • and I will show you how to get out.

  • Aj: OK.

  • Stephan: OK, and then you can try.

  • Aj: All right, I'm ready.

  • Stephan: All right, close together,

  • jump like this, left or right.

  • (thudding)

  • More, more.

  • Caroline: Oh, my God, oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh.

  • Aj, you looked scared.

  • Aj: This is really cool.

  • Stephan: Be on the side now.

  • Caroline: OK, bye.

  • Aj: Bye.

  • Stephan: I'm going down.

  • Caroline: Oh, no. Be careful.

  • Stephan: It's, all the water is going out.

  • And then you have only the sand around your legs.

  • And then it's like a concrete.

  • I try to take off, I can't.

  • Caroline: You're stuck.

  • Aj: Very stuck.

  • Stephan: OK. So, how.

  • You have to move your legs like this.

  • Aj: OK.

  • Stephan: Twist, twist.

  • Caroline: Twist in a circular motion.

  • Stephan: Almost.

  • Caroline: You're free! Aj: He's out!

  • And he's out! And he's free!

  • Stephan: It's your turn.

  • Aj: Oh, I'm gonna crush Caroline in this sand,

  • quicksand competition. I am so ready for this.

  • I'm really excited, actually. I cannot wait.

  • Caroline: We'll see about that.

  • Aj: Oh, yes. Oh yes we will.

  • Caroline: It's my turn. I'm going down.

  • Stephan: OK, so let's go to jump.

  • All right. Together.

  • Aj: Oh, it's almost ready for you! That's it!

  • Caroline: Ooh.

  • Stephan: We can help her to go down like this.

  • Aj: Like this?

  • Stephan: Yeah. Aj: All right.

  • Caroline: Oh, it's, my legs are stuck,

  • oh, my gosh, I'm freaking out.

  • I'm stuck.

  • OK, start the timer.

  • Stephane: And then on your knee.

  • Yes, the opposite way. (laughing)

  • We lost her.

  • Caroline: You lost me?

  • Uh-oh, I'm going down.

  • (laughing)

  • Please tell me what to do.

  • Stephane: OK, give me your hand.

  • And twist your legs behind, twist, twist.

  • (laughing)

  • Aj: Yes!

  • You're free!

  • Caroline: My legs, my legs, my legs!

  • What's the time?

  • Timekeeper: One minute, four seconds.

  • Caroline: OK. One minute, four seconds.

  • Stephane: Let's go to jump.

  • Caroline: I'm gonna hop on this!

  • Stephan: It's stronger, this one.

  • Aj: Oh, this is stronger?

  • Stephane: Yeah.

  • Aj: Bye, Mom. Bye, Dad.

  • Start the timer.

  • All right, all right.

  • Caroline: You got this, Aj.

  • Aj: This leg's almost out.

  • Caroline: Please!

  • Aj: Ha ha, ha ha!

  • Caroline: Your leg is out!

  • Stephan: Yeah, not bad.

  • Caroline: You can do it, you can do it.

  • Yay, that was awesome!

  • Aj: What was my time?

  • Timekeeper: 40 seconds.

  • Caroline and Aj: 40 seconds.

  • Caroline: Oh, my God. Aj: I knew it.

  • Caroline: Aj, how did you feel when you were in there?

  • Aj: It was a very surreal feeling,

  • like I couldn't move anything.

  • But then when you start twisting,

  • it really, like, starts loosening up.

  • Stephan: Are you ready to go back?

  • Caroline: Yeah. Aj: We're ready.

  • Stephan: OK, let's go.

  • Caroline: All right, Aj, what did you think of that?

  • Aj: Caroline, I think that's gonna go down

  • as one of the best experiences I've ever had.

  • It was so much fun.

  • Caroline: Yes! I knew you'd like it.

  • Aj: Are you ready for you clue?

  • Caroline: I'm so ready. I'm so ready. OK.

  • OK, I wonder what that means. I have no idea.

  • Aj: I do have a surprise. It's right through there.

  • Caroline: Through here, seriously?

  • OK, no, yeah, totally, let's go.

  • Aj: Now, I'm a bit of a food expert,

  • and Lare Poulard is known

  • for making the world's fluffiest omelet.

  • Making the perfect omelet is extremely difficult,

  • and I'm excited to see if Caroline is up to the task.

  • All right, perfect, hold out your hand.

  • Just hold it out. There you go.

  • Turn it around, be very careful.

  • Caroline: What is it?

  • Aj: Be very careful.

  • Caroline: I'm careful. I'm careful, I'm careful.

  • It feels so weird. Aj: OK.

  • Take off your blindfold.

  • We're learning how to make the world's fluffiest omelet.

  • Caroline: Oh, my god.

  • Wait, this is not what I was expecting at all.

  • Aj: You're gonna love this.

  • Caroline: It smells so good, it smells so good.

  • This is an egg.

  • Aj: So, first, Franc is gonna show us how it's made,

  • and then me and you are gonna have a little competition

  • and see who can make the better omelet.

  • Caroline: OK, I'm gonna win this one.

  • I think I'm a pretty good chef.

  • Aj: I don't know about that.

  • Caroline: Oh, I've never seen anyone whisk eggs like that.

  • Aj: I know.

  • Caroline: There's a technique to this.

  • Aj: Yeah.

  • Caroline: It's not how we whisk eggs.

  • Aj: Yeah, I do a circle.

  • It's, like, back and forth. Caroline: I do circles.

  • Aj: Look how bubbly it is.

  • Like, it gets fluffy inside the bowl.

  • Caroline: Yeah, I think that's the key.

  • It's like, the harder you whip, the bubbly it is.

  • Aj: Kind of push off, OK.

  • Caroline: It's so fluffy.

  • Aj: Half, look at it go.

  • Oh, look at that!

  • Look at that!

  • Caroline: That's really fluffy.

  • Aj: Oh, my gosh.

  • Caroline: That's so fluffy.

  • Aj: It's super fluffy.

  • Caroline: Can I try?

  • Wait, I'm not left-handed, that's why.

  • That's so bad, wait.

  • Yes, but I'm whisking it, no?

  • Aj: You gotta give it a push.

  • Caroline: OK. All right. Aj: All right.

  • And then scoop, like, half of it out.

  • Caroline: Uh-oh, that's not it.

  • Aj: There it...almost!

  • Caroline: I ruined it!

  • Aj: On this part, there you go.

  • Caroline: I'm so sorry.

  • (laughing)

  • I'm so sorry, pardon my ugly omelet.

  • Aj: It has personality.

  • Caroline: I'm sorry, it's like me.

  • You know what, that's my omelet.

  • That's mine, let's see what you can do, Aj.

  • Let's see your omelet. Aj: All right, I am ready.

  • Oh, oh!

  • Caroline: Oh, oh, oh!

  • Aj: Don't wanna spill it!

  • Push, push.

  • Caroline: He's really good.

  • Aj: Push.

  • Caroline: I think you've got this, Aj.

  • Aj: OK, so I'm gonna come here and take this thing.

  • About half.

  • Caroline: Do a little flip.

  • Aj: Oh, look at that.

  • Caroline: I'm impressed, I'm impressed.

  • Aj: I did it!

  • Look at this!

  • Caroline: This is my sad, you're a pro.

  • You've definitely done this before.

  • You mastered the presentation.

  • Mine just looks like a giant peanut.

  • Aj: Yeah, I think I did all right on the flip.

  • Caroline: Yeah, no, but you know what,

  • it's all about the taste.

  • Aj: It is.

  • Caroline: So, bon appétit.

  • Aj: Bon appétit.

  • Caroline: Oh, my God, it's like chewing on a cloud.

  • Aj: It really is.

  • Caroline: Oh, wow.

  • That's probably the yummiest dare we're ever gonna do.

  • OK, ready to go back to Paris?

  • Aj: Oui oui.

  • Caroline: We had such an amazing time

  • in Mont Saint-Michel, and now we're back in Paris,

  • and it's literally so gorgeous here.

  • Aj: I know. Everywhere you look,

  • there's just this beautiful French architecture.

  • But somehow this hotel captures the essence of New York.

  • Caroline: Hmm. I think you're right.

  • Time for the rating.

  • OK. I'm just gonna go right into it.

  • So, when you first took off the blindfold,

  • I really thought this was gonna be the dare

  • that you were gonna be super nervous about.

  • But it was the total opposite,

  • you were so excited, and you also had the fastest time,

  • which I was not expecting.

  • I don't know, I just have to give you a five.

  • I can't give you anything else.

  • Aj: Crushing the dares, I love it.

  • Caroline: Crushing the dares, yep.

  • Aj: All right. So, for your rating, Caroline,

  • I actually knew you were gonna be

  • really excited for your dare,

  • you jumped right in the kitchen, you were excited to learn,

  • you were dancing along to the beat.

  • You were having a great time.

  • But, at the end of the day,

  • your flip was kind of a flop.

  • So, unfortunately, I gotta give you

  • a three out of five stars.

  • Caroline: Oh, Aj.

  • It's OK, I'll take it.

  • The omelets were still really good.

  • And I had a great time.

  • It's probably one of my favorite things I've ever done.

  • Aj: Yeah, and you'll get 'em next time.

  • Caroline: All right, let's take a bite of this

  • and go on to our next adventure.

Caroline Aghajanian: On this episode of "Travel Dares,"

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