The Quest Has Ended, I Found “The Room”!

I don’t believe in miracles, but something out of the ordinary happened yesterday, just one day after I wrote a post “complaining” about how difficult it is to find a room to rent in the center of Galway. I thought that only a miracle could save me:

As you can see, this is not easy. I have to change my requirements a little bit. Like looking at places a bit further from the centre, and also considering paying a bit more (which means less beer). Unless some perfect house miraculously shows up…

Well, I guess some kind of miracle happened! Here’s a summary of how it went.

On the way back home, at the entrance to the apartment complex (called Dun Aengus) where I’ve been staying since last thursday (at Sónia’s place), there was a handwritten note saying that a single and a double room were available. I called immediately, since rooms in this area are very sought out for, both because of the great location and because they’re quite modern. I managed to arranje a viewing for an hour later and after dinner I was moving in, from number 57 to number 54.

I won’t go into a lot of details, but I want to mention the most awesome of them all. First I was shown the single room and I thought it was nice: not too small, furnished and with a nice view to the marina. Then there was the double room, and just before showing it to me they told me something like “But there’s a small thing… that you might not like…”. And this is what I saw (minus my stuff).

Yes, that’s right, the room is pink! PINK! I was shocked at first, but then they told me I could paint it, and that they had painted theirs just a few days ago, so I relaxed a bit. I still considered taking the single room instead of this one, but its color was not that better – purple! I ended up choosing the double because if I have to paint it anyway, I might as well take the biggest room.

So I found exactly the house I was looking for. It fills all my requirements (location, price and Internet) and it even comes with a very good extra: friendly and party-ready flatmates (who are Polish, btw, which by itself is another bonus).

I’m now on the process of setting up the room (my clothes are still inside the suitcase), and I have to pick a new color for the room ASAP. The plan is to paint it on the weekend.

Any suggestions?