For the last two years I’ve been on the staff of the European University Championships (or EUC for short) as an official photographer, in 2006 at Eindhoven (The Netherlands), 2007 in Reijka (Croatia). This year things went differently, simply because the organization didn’t respond when I applied…

So, sadly enough, the only option I had left to still visit this event I’ve come to like so much was… holiday! Boy, what a punishment. Plan B consisted of hanging out with one of my best friends for a week, sleeping at a camp site at the Adriatic coast, going to the beach before visiting one or two matches, then ‘rushing of’ to our favorite pizzeria so we could be ‘just in time’ for the party each night. Well, maybe not having the responsibility of being the official photographer wasn’t so bad at all. I got to miss the opening and closing ceremony with all the great speeches of important people but being first at the bar kinda made up for that I guess.

Enough with the sarcasm, the EUC Volleyball has been a great experience once again! I’ve had great fun meeting up with old friends from former years again as well as meeting new good people from all over Europe. Besides the social aspects, I also got to watch some high level volleyball! As far as I know, the level of volleyball was never as high as this year - and this was my 4th EUC Volleyball. The overall victory was for the Russians: they took first place both at the men’s and women’s competition! The “Russian State University of Physical Education, Sports and Tourism” must have few classes in ‘tourism’ I guess.

Next year the EUC Volleyball will be held in Hamburg, Germany. The climate may not be as sunny as in Italy, but chances are I’ll be there!

I’ve uploaded an album with 36 of my pictures from Camerino, check ‘em out here!

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