The arrival was easy as Anna Maria's son picked me up (for 40 euro extra) from the airport and drove me directly to the apartment. I came in early, so they let me drop the bags at the apartment while the last guests cleared out and they cleaned the place. It is a very nice apartment, clean and newly updated. It is stocked with most of what you will need as it is a full time rental. The location is close to a nice market and subway stops. You will need to take the subway to see any of the sites as the apartment is about 45 min walk to Los Ramblas area, so get a pass from the tourist booths.

**NOTE** Communication is fast, but will not be easy if you don't have skill with Spanish. Anna Maria always responded quickly but in Spanish. Also, because they run the apartment like a business the turn time around can be very tight and leaves no room for error. In our case, there was a problem with the dishwasher on the final load we ran before we checked out (the dishwasher had been working fine on prior uses), and new guests were checking in right after us. Anna Maria was quick to blame us, remind us we'd be financially responsible for damages and then reprimand us for not living up to the Airbnb rules--the communication was quite harsh. In the end, there was nothing wrong with the dishwasher. Anna Maria wrote us confirming everything was ultimately fine but high stress was created for all of us for little reason. Keep this in mind as you plan for your departure.