2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/matandren/rss.xml Welcome to Mat and Ren's 2006 trip around the world website! See more pics on matpalm.com http://www.getjealous.com/matandren http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=187334&go=matandren We've been here a while now (almost 2 weeks) but got too lazy to update! We're in Sydney now, catching up with friends while Mat is having interviews for a job here. If he doesn't get that it's back to plan A and we'll be moving to Melbourne. So in the meantime we're still on holidays :) Beijing was great. China certainly has some amazing old sites- but also a lot of people and smog to go w... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=187334&go=matandren Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=177763&go=matandren How sad! We've had a great time seeing friends over here... staying with James and Adele has been great. Lots of wine, card games and sight seeing. We've spent some time in the many free art galleries and museums of London and also some of the many English pubs... they seem to be on every corner sometimes! Yesterday Lyndall and Darren came from Bristol to see us too which was really great... t... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=177763&go=matandren Tue, 1 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=177436&go=matandren Had a fantastic time through Europe! Loved Amsterdam for all the bikes... it's such a flat city and EVERYONE seems to ride their bikes. Bikes everywhere. After our bike riding in Sweden I had bike envy and wish Australia was so bike friendly with bike lanes everywhere. Think we might move to Amsterdam! It feels a little like Venice actually with all the water and canals. We visited the Ann... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=177436&go=matandren Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=171084&go=matandren Hej! Loving the Swedish summer- very sunny and lovely. We spent our first few days in the south of Sweden staying at Tammy & Mahesh's place in Almhult. Got to spend lots of time with their gorgeous 7 month old daughter Poppy who is completly delightful :) We also visted old towns and Tammy & Mahesh's huge farm house they are renovating and went bike riding around. A really relaxing, lovely t... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=171084&go=matandren Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=168105&go=matandren The journey continues and we've made our way to the UK! We finished up in Canada with a trip to Banff- which has amazing views of the Rockies all around. Then after some crazy flights over we arrived in the UK very tired, but have been having a great time. We visited Greenwich and checked out 'the line'. There is also a lovely park nearby and we could walk there from James and Adele's plac... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=168105&go=matandren Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=162507&go=matandren Well, earlier than anticipated we've decided to go back to Oz. Work options haven't turned out so great and it's made us realise how much we enjoy what we do so we'd be better off in Australia. Mat could have got a good job with good pay but because of the investment of employing someone at his level no-one wanted to hire him on our 1 year work permit and employers were pushing for going throu... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=162507&go=matandren Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=160442&go=matandren Well, we moved into our flat yesterday! So our address is: #7B, 813-13th Ave SW, Calgary AB T2R 0L1 Canada All visitors and presents welcome :) Today we bought a TV and discovered we're already hooked up to cable... wonder how long the free run will last? Anyway, it means we wont miss Australia's first match in the world cup which is on at 7am tomorrow morning. Mat says he hasn't had such... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=160442&go=matandren Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=156969&go=matandren after almost a week in calgary we are starting to feel a little settled. sorry for no update but there will be lots of photos up once we're settled (i think i said that last time (?)) we have a deposit on an apartment within walking distance of a supermarket and downtown; essential for us come winter (http://tinyurl.com/reevo). we're not in until june 15th but if if anyone wants to come visit ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=156969&go=matandren Wed, 31 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=152805&go=matandren Well welcome to Canada! It's raining and our plane had to sit on the tarmac for 2 hours (!!) before we could disembark due to the delays from the ground crew having to clear out from an earlier thunderstorm. Anyway- we're here! Have our working visas in hand and have just come to use the computers to update our resumes etc. Looks like we've pretty much decided to move to Calgary for a Candad... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=152805&go=matandren Thu, 18 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=151075&go=matandren Here we are in the US of A! Spent our first 4 days in Miami... we were going to travel down to Key West too but we turned into huge beach bums and didn't end up getting very far from South Beach. Now we're in Colorado Springs (about an hour south of Denver). We're staying with our friends Kasey and Todd and their 18 month old son Wren who we've just met. What a charmer he is too! So nice ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=151075&go=matandren Fri, 12 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT