Saturday, November 3, 2007

Melbourne Cup Week

Hello friends and family. I am wrapping up another great weekend here in Melbourne. I got moved into the new apartment, which is right in the heart of the city. We tried to get a place that had easy accessibility to lots of stuff and I think this is the one. I have attached a few pictures, one of the living room and one from the balcony.




















On Tuesday November 6th Melbourne has a public holiday for a horse race. Yes, a horse race. http://www.melbournecup.com/melbourne%2Dcup%2Dcarnival/ Got to love this place!

The Melbourne Derby was held this weekend (Saturday) and I of course had to make an appearance. Here are a few shots from the track. The thing I loved about this track was that you could sit right against the rail, so we had an awesome view of the races. I met up with a group of Accenture folks for the event.



The weather was a little chilly today, but it should be warming up soon.

Cheers,
Matt
p.s. It doesn't take long to realize that no matter what continent you are on, nothing can replace the comfort that friends and family bring into your life. It is great hearing from people and getting pictures, etc. in email.

2 comments:

Justin said...

Apt. looks great, nice view too, I have a DVD to send to you and Steph, I will either send to you or to Steph to forward to you. Cole misses his uncle Matt. again if you need someone to watch over your TV let me know.

atlpete said...

looking positively sharp in your suit at the race....

there is a guy who lives in my building I could set you up with.