Well, the asia leg of my travels is over now and I'm now in Sydney. Everything's worked out really well so far here. We both really like the city. We've fixed up somewhere to live and both have jobs starting this week.
Our first few days in Sydney were rough enough because of the lack of sleep on the flight and then staying in hostels was pretty tiring. We found a great apartment in the city centre on Wednesday and we're now moved in. We're sharing with 2 Irish and 2 French. They're all very friendly. It's one of those big apartment buildings with cool views.
We were also pretty lucky to line up jobs so quickly as well. I got a job with a web development company called Amnesia doing pretty much what I was doing at Newmedia in Dublin. It's a 6-month contract. Delighted about it. Jo got a HR contract with the Medtronic office in Sydney (same company as she worked for in Galway).
Really like the city as well, though we haven't got around to much sight-seeing yet. Lots of nice shops, pubs and restaurants. It's a very clean city, which makes a nice change from Bangkok etc! We met up with a couple of friends who are in Sydney at the moment - Jo's friend Orla from Donegal and her boyfriend John from Longford and Sinead who was in college in Galway. Felt good to meet people from home.
Starting work tomorrow morning which should be interesting. No work in the last two months has spoiled me a bit! Hope everyone's in good form at home. Be in touch soon.
6 comments:
Well drew you're making me jealous already!Good to hear ye got fixed up quickly. Ye'll have a whale of a time I'm sure!
Noice wan mite!
Hi andrew,
Up to this point you were a tourist and holiday maker, but from now on you're an exile (temporary) so don't get any of that "auld lingo" to bring home.
Great that you're fixed up with jobs and accommodation so quickly. Keep up the blog.
Dad
Indeed, it's strange working somewhere else. The main difference is everyone says "How ya goin?" instead of "Howsa goin?". I also can't figure out what that odd looking building by the bridge is.
It's a Lidl I think
Your blog is awful quiet these days. You must not be doing anythng interesting..
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