We both ranked the kitchen wall tiles our number 1 favorite thing about Pere's place. Edith liked the hanging glass bathroom door and the wood beam ceiling, in that order. The ceiling and the floor were my 2 and 3.

We went up to the roof just once, but it was an eye opening experience in itself. Not quite the view from one of Antoni Gaudi's artworks, but a microcosm of the city that is Barcelona.

We took a few steps down the staircase when we left Pere's place. And from his front door until we board the train at Barcelona Sants, taking Metro L5, we did not take another step up or down any stairways. That's how easy it was for us to get to the train station and that's how easy it was for us to take in Barcelona during Christmas week, 2016.

Come to this city because you will love it. Come to Pere's place for the same reason.