Vila Olimpica

This week, we have become squatters.  Sort of, anyway.  A parent from school offered his apartment to us for a week this summer, while he is out of town, as kind of a housesitting gig.  The place is in Vila Olimpica, the former olympic village for athletes during the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

About a 10-minute walk from the city beach, and steps from the movie theatre that plays movies in English (not that we can actually go, with two small people taking up most of our time and energy, but still nice to have it nearby!).  We've enjoyed being here, however, not due to the apartment's location, but more so because we just have a bit more space to move around.  The apartment is just 10-15 square meters bigger than our own, it is also a three-bedroom with a balcony, but that extra bit of space makes a big difference.  The kitchen is eat-in, the bedrooms are suitable for double beds, not just twins, and there are TWO bathrooms!  Which, of course, leads us to the continuous discussion: how can we get more space?

Right now, we live in Jordi's grandmother's old apartment, which we have refurbished for the most part, and due to this, we don't pay any rent.  This is a godsend, as our salaries are painfully low (though I feel a bit bad complaining about that, considering that 25% of people in this country have no salary at all to speak of).  Regardless, free is about as inexpensive as it gets.

But we need a place with a bit more room for two growing people (one of which has extreme hyperactivity) to move around, and to have something like yard would be amazing.  That is impossible in our current location, as houses with yards go for around 1.5 million euros.

What to do?