- Do you live where you want to live?
- Yes, for years I have lived in this zone, where Les Corts and Sants meet, and I like it.
- Would you like to move? Why and where to?
- I wouldn't mind living in Sant Gervasi, where I was born. Really, I love Barcelona, and as long as I don't change my city, I could live anywhere.
- Do you spend time in your neighbourhood and with your neighbours? Do you have the shops you need nearby (baker's, grocer's, dry cleaner's)?
- Yes, there is everything I need, and I usually buy in the local shops.
- As well as doing your daily shopping (if you do it) do you have places and services for all your needs?
- For emergencies (chemist's, electrician, etc.), there is no problem, you can find them all right here. For specific purchases, such as clothes, I tend to go to the centre.
- Do you stroll around your own neighbourhood for pleasure or do you go elsewhere?
- There, no. To stroll around, which I don't have much time to do, I go to the Gòtic, the Born, to the Passeig de Gràcia...
- Which are your favourite cinemas, theatres and clubs?
- When it comes to the cinema, the Cinesa Diagonal. I go to the theatre to see something specific, even though I tend to go to those in Paral·lel. To have a drink, I go to the Born, or around Santaló, Amigó, Francesc Macià...
- And which are your favourite restaurants, bars and cafés?
- Well! I love to find new restaurants: every weekend, which is when I go out, a different one. In summer, to the area by the port; in winter, the Eixample and away from the sea, as far as La Venta. I like La Venta. And to have a drink, the Merbeyé.
- Is there any public area where you like to go, to sit and chat?
- No special place, any cafe or my living room at home. What is really important is that you have your best friends around you.
- When you have to act as a guide for visitors, where do you take them?
- The Sagrada Família, the Passeig de Gràcia, the port... Recently, some American friends came, and one of them is an architect: I also showed them what has been built since the Olympic Games.
- What is the most appropriate, funny or surprising adjective you have heard to describe Barcelona? Which one would you use?
- They say it is a fashion city. I would say: "pleasant". It is the most pleasant city to live in that I know, and I know a lot.
- Of where, between the sea and Tibidabo, do you have the most memories?
- Tibidabo. When I was little, my parents often took me there.
- Which is the best place (a park, a café, a seat in the city) to have a romantic date, or to be able to whisper sweet nothings to a loved one?
- Any quiet pavement cafe or bar, with the city at your feet.
- What colours or smells, when you see or smell them anywhere in the world, remind you immediately of Barcelona have had to leave the city for a while, what have you missed most?
- The smell, I can't really say one, I don't feel involved in the complex world of smells. When it comes to colour, there is no doubt: blue, our blues are fantastic.
- When you have had to leave the city for a while, what have you missed most?
- Everything. I am really Barcelonese, and the more I travel, and the more I am away, the more I need it. The comfort, the climate, the light, the streets, the people, friends, family, everything.
- Which of the changes that have been made in the city recently are you happiest with?
- The renovation of the buildings, the cleaning of the facades... The "Barcelona, posa't guapa" has stolen my heart.
- What don't you like, and what would you do to change it?
- The Forum area, I find it impersonal. There are too many hotels, too many useless spaces ... I like the city to have more personal dimensions.
- Add anything you would like to say, and that we haven't asked.
- I would like to add that I am a born propagandist for Barcelona. When I am travelling, I ask everybody if they know it. If they tell me no, I say: "But that is not possible, it's not possible. You are missing out on the most beautiful city in the world." And I am always like that.