The Northwood 350

By the time this blog posts, I will have completed my last lap of the Northwood 350. What is the Northwood 350 you ask? It's not a race, but it obviously does involve me doing laps - in this case up and down Northwood Avenue in Santry.

Because there is a catch 22 in regards to housing in Ireland (or any foreign country, I suppose), I've spent the last week and a half walking up to the local convenience store everyday to get cash from the ATM there. The catch 22 is this: To rent an apartment in a foreign country, you need a bank account. To get a bank account, you need an proof of address. The plot thickens.

Dun. Dah. Dah.

Lucky for me, cash is king. To rent the apartment that I'm looking at, I can also pay cash: first months rent and a deposit (equivalent to the last months rent). Two times rent is a significant amount of cash to be carrying around. The local ATM has a limit of 400 Euro. Thus, I've been making serial withdrawals from the ATM of $350 for the last week to be able to rent an apartment. I have thus dubbed the walk to and from the ATM, The Northwood 350.

Last night I stopped by the apartment that I'm going to rent. Today, I'm signing and paying. Next week, I setup a bank account over here so I don't have to walk the Northwood 350 again.

Ooohh the suspense . . . which apartment did I pick? Find out tomorrow in the next episode of The Adventures of HRputer!