America's Cup News: Kiwis:3 Italians: 0

This has nothing to do with the house, but as you may have guessed from the fact that I have a link to the America's Cup news on my blog, I am big fan of the America's Cup Sailing races and follow the races that are taking place in Valencia, Spain to select a challenger to race the Swiss team that currently holds the cup. The only two challengers left are the New Zealand team (Team Emirates) and the Italian team (La Luna Rosa). Whichever team wins five out of nine races goes on to challenge the Swiss team for the cup later this month.

I have always been a big fan of the New Zealand team, and since the American team was eliminated in the semi finals last month, I don't even feel conflicted cheering on a non-American team to win the race.

Well, the Kiwis have won three stunning straight victories over the Italian team. I am hoping that they keep going on the same pace and that they defeat the Swiss team in America's Cup finals later this month. It makes absolutely no sense for a land locked country like Switzerland to hold the world's most prestigious sailing cup (seen here next to a big fan at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Club in Aukland, New Zealand in 2003):




Go Team New Zealand!