Barcelona was lovely. Very easy to get into the centre of the town using the metro. Takes about 20 minutes. You figure the metro out pretty quickly.
The apartment is very nice and Marta left out a suprise of some beer, wine, fruit and some other things as a welcome.
Apartment is slightly smaller than it looks in the picture but it has everything you need. Very enjoyable week and a lot of that had to do with the hardiness of dealing with Marta.