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Alright, finally I'm sort of settled here in Barcelona! I'm just continuing on this old blog which I had a few years ago, in case you wonder why there is a bunch of other posts here.

 

I'm gonna write a bit about my first week here!

 

I started of with a night at the Hipstel Hostel in the centre and went to meet Stine, a girl from Denmark and her Danish friends. First night ended up in some bars and a nightclub, got to try a bit of Barcas nightlife! Which was really nice. Tuesday was a chill day down at the beach and just strolling around on the streets, started as well to check out what sort of accommodation we should look for.

 

Wednesday and Thursday we spent morning to night looking for apartments and rooms with Stine, and we realized quite quick it might not be as easy as we thought. All places we contacted either was full already or didn't answer. We went to an agency and spent 3 hours waiting for help and left without any, the service was so slow.

I had to take more nights at the hostel, which was a nice place but when sleeping in a room with 10 others, people partying, smoking inside and snoring like monsters the urge to find a place on our own was incredibly high.

 

On Thursday evening after a full day of searching for places and navigating through the city in the rain, we went to look at two rooms in an shared apartment,which we really hoped for was good so we could take.The owner though lived in the same flat and was so creepy so we decided quite fast that it is a big NO. Exhausted and dissapointed we went back to the hostel and continued searching. 

 

10pm on the same night Stine got a text from a mexican guy that he lives in a 10 room apartment newly renovated if we're interested. Well, we jumped in our shoes again and went right away to have a look! And it was amazing! 

 

Friday morning we got to the apartment to meet the owner, before everyone else came that had a meeting with him as well. Long story short, the owner was very friendly and just spoke Spanish with us, but luckily he got his little daughter with him who knew some English. We had already decided our rooms and took them straight away, got our bags from the hostel and moved in. Felt soo good! Now we can finally start enjoying the city when we have a home!

 

Yesterday (Friday) was the National day of Catalonia, which is a big celebration and everyone walk around with the Catalonian flag. Me, Stine and two of our flatmates went to have a look at the celebrations but then took an early night to go home and get some proper sleep.

 

Today we spent half the day at IKEA to get all basic stuff that we needed. Today is also the Independence Day of Mexico, which our flatmate wants us to celebrate also, so might go and check what party they got organized!

 

I put in some pictures as well from the last couple of days!