My second experience with Airbnb and again, with Ricard. This time in a different apartment.

Ricard is professional in his communication, telling you everything you need to know. For example, a metro strike was imminent before my stay, and Ricard sent me the details by email. He always responds quickly; also when I needed to reschedule my arrival.

He is a friendly and nice guy also in person, always smiling and service oriented. For example, he carried my suitcase up four floors as I arrived, and the night before I left, he offered to book a taxi for the airport.

I felt a bit extra safe in Barcelona, knowing that Ricard is only a phone call (or a couple of stairs) away. I left him a wine bottle as I left to show my appreciation :)

The apartment is great, with a wonderful private terrasse with a nice view. The kitchen is well equipped, I slept like a baby in the bed and it was also loaded with pillows. I also appreciated the fast internet connection, measuring it at 30Mbps ;)

An elevator is luckily soon finished, as the 78 stair steps was a bit much after walking around the congress all day. You might experience daytime noise by the workers until it is finished.