I was able to clear up a great deal of anxiety yesterday when I decided on an apartment to rent for the summer. I found a great deal on a Galway City "suburb" apartment. It is roughly 1.5 miles from the City Centre and about 1 mile from Galway Bay. As can be seen from the pictures, it is a twin room. I'll have to pay a little more for now, but it will be much cheaper when Kelly moves in a few weeks from now. We won't be isolated in our own place, either. There will be 3-4 other people living with us, one of which I believe is a Finnish girl (she doesn't move in for about another week). If you want to see where the house is, type in 44 Gleann Dara in Googlemaps and it should come up.
My next step is to find a job somewhere in the city. An American guy who is moving out of the house is leaving his job at the Greyhound Racing Track - that would definitely be interesting. I also dropped my CV off at roughly 25 places (mostly pubs, restaurants and hotels) this morning, so hopefully an offer will come to fruition soon. Honestly, I don't even care for now. I just moved in to my new place and already I feel a great deal better about my summer in Ireland!
Also, this last picture is the dirt/cinder track that is right by the house. The track is in pretty rough shape, but I was able to do some striders on the infield tonight.
One more random thing that I was surprised about was the lack of an open bottle policy. I first noticed it when tons of people were just drinking alongside the River Liffey in Dublin. On my train to Galway, the kid sitting across from me decided to crack open a few beers on the way.
The rest of the pictures from my house can be seen here (please disregard the flowery bed linen - it was provided):
1 comments:
Wow Chris! It's great to see that you're doing so well. Looks like things are shaping up to be an awesome summer for you!
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