I don’t know what I expected, I knew Barcelona is a cosmopolitan metropolis and Catalonia is drastically different than the region of Andalusia, still my first impression is this is not my vibe. Or more bluntly, did I make a mistake for staying here longer than a few days?
The motel where we are staying did not help the mood, we got a tiny, airless room, dark and ugly, the window opened to a shaft, narrow space between another building with humongous brown pipes making strange noises. It did not look anything like the pictures when I reserved it. Krisztina usually able to say something to cheer me up in similar situations, but here there was nothing to say. I went to talk to the manager, we ended up getting another room with a balcony that was less claustrophobic.
The challenge is on, how to enjoy being in this city for 10 days?