Josh, thanks for posting. I love the detailed blogs of people's experiences. While it may be too much information for many to process, for those who are about to go through the same process, they are absolute gold.
I have no problem with people posting links to useful information... I'm putting a clickable link to your blog below.
Josh Mtn's blog
Good luck!
Mark
PS, isn't Barcelona a beautiful city!!! I was there a couple of years ago. I'd be interested to see the progress on la Segrada Familia. I recently saw a 60 minutes segment on it... much has been accomplished. I miss sitting in Park Guell listening to jazz.