Coffee Break French Clue #4 (français) | The Great Coffee Break Treasure Hunt 2025
Oct 26, 2025
Join the thrilling conclusion of the virtual treasure hunt! Discover the last poetic clue, featuring intriguing imagery like a spire piercing the sky and storks watching from stone summits. The hosts delve into the symbolism of winter markets and shared melodies of nations. Uncover geographic hints involving covered bridges and a damside treasure, along with a crucial directional clue pointing 900 kilometers northeast. Learn how to submit your entry for a chance to win and don't miss the upcoming live event where winners will be revealed!
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Poetic Final Clue Guides The Hunt
- The episode presents a final poetic clue in French that listeners must decode to find the treasure's location.
- Mark and Max translate and analyse each line to reveal geographic hints embedded in the verse.
Spire And Storks Point To A Region
- 'Une flèche' can mean an arrow or a church spire and 'perc[e] le ciel d'hiver' implies a single prominent spire visible in winter.
- 'Des cigognes' (storks) and 'au sommet des pierres' suggest regional stork presence near stone structures.
Mark's Personal Stork Memory
- Mark recalls learning about storks during a personal visit to a specific place, hinting that local experience informs the clue decoding.
- He purposely withholds the place name but implies familiarity helps solve the riddle.