Beach Volleyball.

STAVANGER is the place for  Beach Volleyball. (Continental Cup Final 2016)
Here is one long legged lady stretching before the game.
Well, that was yesterday, when the sky was blue.
Plenty of rain today....

Action in town.

Action in town!

Beach Volleyball.

Beach Volley Ball.

Beach Volley Ball is back in town.
The event starts on Tuesday.

A special welcome to all the tall players, seen under the roof at the airport.

We had heavy rain and thunder storms yesterday!

Today we had even more rain!

Not nice for "The World Tour Beach Volleyball 2011", which started yesterday.

When I passed this "Sporty Man" today, with his towel around his feet, I felt sorry for the guy!

Anyway, tomorrow will be better!

"Under construction" is the subject for this months "theme day".

This picture was taken when the courts for the annual World Championship (Beach Volleyball) were being constructed in the center of town last year.

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I told you it was cold and rainy yesterday. This shot was taken just before it was time to find the umbrella.... Anyway, the sporty people were busy warming up before the real game started up at the big arena. I was pleased to see that they had more clothes on than just their very small beach volleyball clothes...

It was totally different walking through the area this year on such a grey day!

As you can see the harbor was busy. Thousands of tourists from MSC POESIA spent a day in Stavanger, or they went on guided tours to the nearby fjord or mountains. I heard lots of Spanish and Italian.

( ONE MORE THING: My friend Tina who has a daughter, age 18, and a 13 year old son, is looking for a new place to live. The bank has a competition, she can win 250.000 N.kr.

Each week one person who votes can win 9.999 N.kr. That could be you or me.... All we need to do is to follow this link, put our e-mail inside the "box" and click the yellow label saying "Stem"(vote). You can vote ONCE EVERY DAY until August 15th. The link is here: http://www.boligdrommen2010.no/x5eid179 )

The preparations for http://www.vmstavanger.com have started. There are more than 300 volunteers who will do all sorts of different jobs to make this BIG event run smoothly.

These young people were busy ..... A lot of concentration and cooperation is necessary.

A Dutch player in a quiet moment at the World Beach Ball Championship.

Photographers everywhere, including me, who really enjoyed being at the big arena, center court, and taking lots of action shots today.

The 2009 SWATCH FIBV World Championship (Beach Volleyball) started in Stavanger this evening.

I walked along Vaagen Harbor early today, and saw lots of players exercising before the BIG EVENT.

It lasts until Sunday July 5th, and there will be lots of concerts and other activities going on in the centre of the city. The weather forcast is very good! ;-) Today has been SUPERB!