First days in Barcelona

Hello,
this is my first blog, and i want to introduce myself a little bit. I'm sociology student from Lithuania, this is my final year, and i decided to go for my internship to Barcelona. Why Barcelona you would ask. Well, i have done my erasmus studies in Istanbul, it is one of the biggest cities in the world, and it was incredible experience, with all it's muslim culture, chaos, friendly people. It was totally different compared with what i had in my country. So i wanted to find another charming city in Europe. And i choose Bacelona. It's one of the biggest, and one of the most beautiful city in all Europe. It's famous for football, good weather, beaches, amazing architecture, cultural life.

Luckily, before coming to Barcelona, i had a place to live. Nice apartment in a nice neighbourhood. But i found it quite expensive. You can get a decent single room for 300-350 euros per month. As i said, i was lucky i already had a place to stay, as a lot of people searching for the apartments when they are already in Barcelona. Personally, erasmus Barcelona facebook groups helped me to find accomodation, as i was posting in them. But there was some options from http://rentroombarcelona.com/ or loquo.

I was lucky i found direct flight to Barcelona too. So was no need to change flights, wait long hours between them. Just was some worries about reaching apartment, because usually all the airports is in distance with city center, and Barcelona was no exception. I knew the exact address of the apartment, and that it's somewhere in a distance within 3 kilometers from Plaza Catalunya. And that was it. Was some thoughts about taxi, as i hear they would not cheat, but as a best way to reach Plaza Catalunya i choose Aerobus. It went direct there. There was option to go with city bus, but it's destination was Plaza Espanya, so it was necessary to change buses, and this could cause so discomfort.
After arriving at Placa Catalunya, it seems to be the hardest part to reach apartment, as i knew only the address and that it's quite far away. But i choose to save money, and instead of taxi, decided to walk. I ask few people for destinations, but it i was surprised how easy it was to found everything, and not to get lost in this big city. The reason is, that all the streets is going straight, and everything is divided into blocks, so you just can't turn into wrong street, and you can walk straight all the time.

And the apartment was very nice, quite and old, but tiny, with a very nice architecture, that creates very nice atmosphere, and the balcony. I like this city.

This is photo of my staircase.