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Michael explains the rules of the game: Mackenzie hides in a random European country, and Michael has 12 hours to find her, starting in Paris. He earns hints by completing challenges. There are 20 challenges and 15 hints.
Michael attempts two challenges in Paris: eating every color of the rainbow with candy and buying something without speaking English. He successfully completes the latter, earning his first hint: Mackenzie's longitude, rounded to the nearest whole number. He chooses longitude, as Europe is wider than it is tall, providing better directional guidance.
Mackenzie reveals her rounded longitude is 5. Michael realizes this narrows down her possible locations to countries like the Netherlands, Belgium, France (southern parts), and potentially Norway.
Michael decides to use his second hint as a radar, asking if Mackenzie is within 220 miles. Mackenzie confirms she is not, ruling out Belgium and suggesting she is further away. Michael then completes a 'Wordle' challenge, finding the word 'ARTSY', and proceeds to find an 'artsy' location in Paris.
After completing the 'artsy' challenge by visiting the Opéra Garnier, Michael earns the weather conditions at Mackenzie's location. Mackenzie reports 51 degrees Fahrenheit and cloudy. This information, combined with the longitude, points strongly towards the Netherlands, ruling out extremely northern or southern locations. Michael also makes progress on a "trash ball" challenge by picking up trash.
Michael books a train to Amsterdam. As he embarks on his journey across countries, he requests the first letter of Mackenzie's town, which is 'L'. He theorizes she's in a town like Leen or Leiderdorp. While on the train, he attempts to complete a New York Times crossword puzzle, which proves more challenging than expected.
Michael creates an Instagram poll to earn another hint, predicting 95% 'no' for the question 'Do you live in South Africa?'. He successfully predicts the outcome within the margin, confirming Mackenzie's country as the Netherlands.
On the train to Amsterdam, Michael uses his 'free yes or no question' to ask if Mackenzie's latitude is lower than 52.22. Mackenzie responds with 'no', indicating she's further north than his initial guess, changing his perspective on potential hiding spots.
Upon entering the Netherlands, Michael earns the clue about Mackenzie's proximity to the country's biggest airport (Schiphol). Mackenzie reveals she is 12 miles away. Michael also successfully completes the 'rainbow cars' challenge by spotting a purple car.
Michael secures another hint by completing the paper airplane flight challenge. Mackenzie reveals the number one activity within five miles of her location is the Kuekenhof Botanical Garden.
Mackenzie sends a zoomed-in picture for a clue, which clearly shows a museum entrance, essentially giving away her exact location. Michael decides to take an Uber to the 'Tulip Museum' as the fastest way to reach her, having completed a one-mile walk for another hint.
Michael earns several more hints: the first letter of Mackenzie's street (H), the nearest university (Fioretti), and a regular picture of her surroundings at the National Museum Dwarte Tulp. He realizes she unintentionally revealed her precise location. Due to public transport restrictions, he takes an Uber for the final leg, completing his four modes of transportation challenge.
Mackenzie tries to make it harder for Michael to find her by hiding around the museum. Michael arrives and eventually finds her hiding behind a sign. They reunite with two and a half hours to spare.