My neighborhood

While living and studying in Barcelona, Spain I lived in a four bedroom, two bathroom apartment with five girls. We lived in the perfect location! Our apartment was located on Consell de Cent which is two blocks from the infamous Sagrada Familia and a block from the bull ring. Our neighborhood is called Eixample. The neighborhood of Eixample consists of a lot of elderly people and families. There are always friendly faces walking around but there is never much noise or traffic. There are tons of little restaurnats and cafes with outside eating that are always full. The street that the bull ring is on and Sagrada Familia tend to be busy during the day because of the touristsm, but the street our apartment is on is all locals. There are quite a few little fruit type stores and grocery stores all within a couple blocks. That is where my room mates and I tend to do most of our shopping, but there is a large market not to far from our apartment right near Sagrada Familia. The Eixample market has a civic center and public library above it, and right down the block there is a 24 hour farmacia. There is a school located right across the street from our apartment, and even with school being over there are a lot of people who go everyday to play soccer and basketball. There is a metro stop (L2 purple line) around the corner from our apartment so it is very convenient to travel around the city by metro. Our location is so central that a lot of times we walk to a lot of places. We are a twenty minute walk from Plaza Catalunya and a twenty minute walk to Port Olympic! Our street name, Consell de Cent, has a lot of history. Consell de Cent is Catalan for "council of the hundred" which was an institution of government in the city of Barcelona established in the XIII century, lasting until the XVIII century.