I stayed at Silvia's place for 5 nights. It is not a luxurious place, but what I was looking for, after all, was an inexpensive room with a clean bed, a desk, and very reliable Internet connection to do my online work for 7 to 8 hours a day. And that was exactly what I got.

Silvia is a great host who agreed with my early arrival soon after 8am and kindly offered me a cup of great coffee, She was very resourceful and provided me with a lot of useful infromation about the city, and gave me a map to use.

The apartment is close to Sagrada Familia catherdal and a metro station, which means you can easily get to almost any place of interest in Barcelona.

There are lot of street cafes and stores nearby that work until late.

One point of concern is street noise that you may find annoying as you probably would like to sleep with the window open, However, I probably was too tired after days full of activities that Barcelona can provide to notice it.