Travelling Summer Universities (TSU) are considered to be very common and entertaining, and almost all AEGEE members intend to try them at least once. After several Summer Universities (SU) made by AEGEE-Voronezh it was clearly understood that participants needed more travelling and more experience. AEGEE-Voronezh is popular with its language course, while the newborn antenna AEGEE-Rostov-na-Donu may offer a great opportunity for entertainment, including relaxing at the Russian seaside in Taganrog. So the decision of these two antennae was to team up and create an event which will amaze everybody by the mixture of emotions and activities.
To describe the results from the point of view of a person who took part in this TSU and to make an objective review, a participant, 
Barnabas Miklos (AEGEE-Pécs), has been interviewed after the event. Hereafter you may read the interview made by the organisers (O) and Miklos (M).
O: Why did you come to Russia? It is really hard to get here, isn’t it? There are all those visa issues and possibly even expensive tickets.
M: I have been in many Western European countries and they seemed to be really similar so I wanted to get to know the Eastern part of Europe through real experiences and through spending time with the local people, so this SU was a great opportunity. Also my aim was to destroy the stereotypes about Russia and Russians, and to build up a real image.
O: Great! We hope you destroyed the stereotypes!
M: Sure! We even had a workshop about the stereotypes about Russia and Russians which was really interesting and useful. Moreover we had workshops about Russian slang and Russian ethnic dances. Now I can make a show for my friends at home and sound like a real Russian guy when I am in Russia.
O: Good for you! By the way, was travelling between the cities difficult for you? It took 12 hours to get from Voronezh to Rostov-na-Donu.
M: Not at all, I enjoy seeing the views between cities. That was a perfect opportunity to see how one city differs from the others. And I had a really good company since all the participants became very close friends by the time we started our journey to Rostov-na-Donu.
O: What did you like the most during each part of the TSU?
M: My favorite part in Voronezh was definitely Divnogorie, I really enjoyed to be in the nature with the whole team. Camping was a really good chance to unite the participants and the organisers. From the second part, Rostov-na-Donu and Taganrog, I liked Starocherkassk and the beach the most.
O: We hope you enjoyed spending time at the seaside! A lot of workshops and games were organized during this SU, and you spent all of them in the open air, including different beach parties. Did you like it?
M: It is summer, and of course it was a wonderful idea. Also, the nature impressed me very much, especially the Azov sea in Taganrog. It’s like nothing on Earth.
O: Thank you a lot! It is true that Russia is really famous for its nature. Could you tell us what else during this TSU you consider useful 
or entertaining?
M: Surely I liked the language courses in Voronezh. It was really interesting (and also quite exhausting) to get to know a new technique of learning a new language. I really enjoyed it, probably it would be great to have it during the whole event. If anybody is interested in studying Russian, I recommend going to Voronezh for sure!
O: We are glad to hear that each part of the TSU brought a lot of experiences for you! But we would like to know whether you faced anything else that seemed unusual for you?
M: I was a participant of SUs in nineteen different countries, and believe me, you can find some peculiarities everywhere. Honestly, I think Russians are very strange. I saw a lot of unsociable and irritable people in the streets but at the same time the Russian organisers were very hospitable. But we all know that modern life in big cities is conducted at high speed and it makes people nervous. So, it is a normal situation. I like you and your country and want to go there again.
O: Great! It is a real pleasure for us to hear that! Especially for Rostov-on-Don organisers, because it is their first SU. How do you feel about the event in general?
M: The main word to describe your SU is energy. We were constantly walking, talking, seeing sites, playing or doing something else. Some people may complain about being tired, but in my opinion it is better to sleep only two hours, and at the same time to experience a lot of emotions which I did. I feel like Voronezh part and Rostov-na-Donu part perfectly complemented each other so that the participants could enjoy both studying and relaxing. Good work, guys!
Travelling through Russia, visiting several cities during one event, getting new unforgettable experiences in tasting totally different cultures and specifics of ONE country – that was the main aim of TSU “Upon the Rainbow” created by AEGEE-Voronezh and AEGEE- Rostov-na-Donu.
Result: The aim was achieved!
Written by Ekaterina Oleynik, AEGEE – Voronezh and Svetlana Lisicina, AEGEE – Rostov-na-Donu