As most people in the US don't know, the America's Cup is going on right now and the final's which is a the best of 9 races is underway. In the finals are New Zealand (Emerates Team New Zealand) against the defending cup holders the Switzerland (Alinghi). Right now Alinghi is winning 4 races to 2 so tonight is a very important race for NZ to stay in the competition.
Why is it called the America's Cup? I've been asking that question of myself since I arrived. Did you know that the America's Cup is the oldest active trophey in international sport even predating the Olympics by 45 years? Well it's called the America's Cup because it was named after the first country that won the trophey which was America.
So on Saturday night we went to a showing of race 6 which was held over in the boat houses which were built for the last America's Cup held in Auckland. The city did a nice job and there was a ton of support considering the races began at 1am NZ time.
The rest of our weekend was pretty good as well, we went to dinner at our friends from the Netherlands (Mascha and Jeroen). We had a traditional winter Dutch meal "Stamppot Boerenkool and Schnitel", it was tasty.
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Following up on my comment in an earlier post, I'd like to present you with an opportunity to see a fabulous doughnut.
Apparently, the folks behind the new Simpsons movie are presenting a small town in NZ with a massive doughnut as a PR stunt. Sounds almost too good to pass up if you don't already have plans for the day.
http://www.spareroom.co.nz/2007/06/30/simpsons-gift-donut-to-springfield-nz/
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