What an amazing city Rome is. I have spent a day there before when we played in Roseto back in 2008. Visited the Colisium but that was about all we had time to do. This time we spent a week there and although we were playing and not site seeing, we still were able to catch a lot of the cool stuff. Also, got to tour the American Embassy which was pretty neat.
The tourney itself went well for us. We lost our first match in pool play to Gibb/Rosy but then won all our matches from there on out. Had some tough ones vs. Germany and Brasil on Saturday but Sunday we played very well. Beat the Spaniards in the semis and were in control the whole time. Then beat Alison and Emanuel in the finals. First game was tight. We were in control but then I gave up 3 of 4 points in a row to go down two points. We came back and won that game and then Phil put a blocking clinic on Alison in the second game. Not sure how many but it was similar to the third game in Beijing vs. Fabio.
Monday we stayed and saw the Embassy as well as many of the sites to see in Rome. Marco Illustre, an italian coach for Austria who lives in Rome showed us around to some of the sites. It was very cool and I look forward to going back next year for the World Championships.
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Great job on another victory! I really look forward to checking the results online and seeing your names at the top. Do you ever stop and think, "Out of the billions of people on the earth, we are the best team in the entire world right now."? Thats gotta feel pretty good to know you're the best (or even one of the best) in the world at one particular thing.
Anyhow, keep up the great work!
Sounds like a great start, and having fun seeing some of the stops as well. Rome really is a special city. Good luck for the rest of this week. Always good to see you and Phil represent USA overseas. Safe travels......
Congratulations on winning.!I am far from Japan to support the activities of your time. I'm just enjoying the weekend at the beach volleyball was born in 1973. You look forward to working with HP has a similar age to check in AVP. I wish the activities of this year to avoid injury.
Todd,
Being that it is Memorial Day weekend, I have to say how proud I feel as our American Beach Volleyball teams continue to excel on the FIVB tour.
Looking forward to seeing you next weekend in Huntington Beach. Since I couldn't make it to Santa Babara, I am so pumped for Huntington Beach.
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