This is the mecca of ultimate beach tournaments and the perfect way to spend Easter away from home. Italy was definitely a shock to the system after a few weeks above the arctic circle! We had four days of blue skies, cappuccinos between games, and wonderful Italian pizza, pasta and wine in the evenings, not to mention the parties every night. Unfortunately I forgot my camera and so these pics are from the Paganello website and my teammate Katrin.
Opening ceremonies on Thursday evening complete with men on stilts wielding burning branches.
Maitotytöt from Finland. They dress all alike with matching wigs making it impossible to match-up on defence….
I played with DNT (a mix of women trying out for the German national team) and we came a respectable 4th out of 22 teams in the women’s division. One hard-core girl broke her nose two weeks before the tournament, but got this mask made so that she could play anyway. Her phantom-of-the-opera-look successfully intimidated the other teams.
The stands and other miscelleanous.
