Staying at Anablel’s place was a unique experience. Her apartment is located in an up-and-coming cool neighborhood of Poble Sec where you can feel the local vibe of a down-to-earth working class neighborhood. There are good bakeries, restaurants and tapas bars to explore.
I particularly enjoyed walking to Parc Montjuic and soaking the view of the city from above and watching the sunset.
Her place was very clean, extremely quiet and comfortable.
Despite her place has an AC (aircon) that also works as a heater and a small oil heater, I felt cold the first night, but this was quickly solved by the help of Juan-Carlos, Anabel’s Co-host, who kindly dropped by and showed me how to make the room warmer by turning up the temperature to 26C on the AC the next morning.
I liked going to Boulangerie Mayer to get vienoiserie, a babka or a bagel for my breakfast and eat them with a cup of cafe con leche made with the espresso machine in her apartment on the small balcony as I watched the seagulls fly around above the inner courtyard.