I lived in Girona, for 6 months and found that learning catalan was a very good idea. I found travelling in and out of barcelona every week that it was not as much of a presents in the city but if you enjoy learning languages and have some spare time i would learn it. I took a 3 week intensive course 10.00-14.00 & 19.00-20.00. I did enjoy the language classes but i found the cultural classes in the evening so enjoyable. It gave me a great insight into the country. I already spoke french and spanish so i did not find it to hard. My spanigh freiends who had moved to the area found it only took them 2/3 weeks to learn the language.

Good luck and enjoy

edel