welcome to the start...

... well, today things have really started to happen. Trace has given her notice in so there's no going back now. We are off to New Zealand at the end of July for sure!

... anyway, the beginning. I'm Matt, 33, and from Nantwich, Cheshire. Trace is 24 and from Crewe, Cheshire. We met over 6 years ago whilst working together at the cinema in Crewe (the Apollo Cinema.... blurgh!).

Since we got together we have always talked about going away and doing some traveling, but due to degree commitments and work stuff we just never got around to it. But now, after loads of hard work, we're nearly debt free and the time has come that our plans reach fruition.

The plans so far are starting to look like a year in New Zealand on a working visa, followed by a year in Canada on a similar scheme. We are then hoping for 10 months in the USA, which, if everything goes my way (m@), will be followed by 12 months in China working as teaching assistants on a little island apparently very similar to Hawaii. Which, would then leave us Europe, South America and of course Oz.

However, these plans are likely to change as we are forever finding new things to distract us! All we know for sure is that 1 year in New Zealand will be happening... hopefully, from the end of July.