Historia de Barcelona

Etiqueta: Costa Brava

  • Una llegada en barco

    Arrival at Barcelona

    Next day the wind was heavy and ahead, and nothing kept us of good cheer, but the tidings which some of the more fortunate would occasionally bring down to us of mountain and promontory, as we ran along the coast of Catalonia. It was near nine, of a cloudy, gusty night, when we dropped anchor, at last, in the harbor of Barcelona, our voyage having been longer than usual, by about one-third. The lateness of our arrival of course prevented us from going on shore, so that we lost an opportunity of seeing the «entierro de Cristo,» a grand funeral procession by torchlight, which still forms a part, as we learned, of the Good Friday ceremonial in Barcelona, though it has been abolished in almost all the rest of Spain. Wretched as we were, however, we crept from our state-rooms to the deck, to see what was to be seen: but the ship was out in the throat of the harbor, and still rode heavily, so that the glimpse we caught of the far-off lights of the city was but little worth the penalty we paid for it.

  • Un Sinatra enamorado de Ava Gardner llega a Barcelona sin saber que ya tiene rival en Tossa: el torero Mario Cabré

    Bullfighter, Sinatra Vie
    Rivals Woo Ava Gardner

    Barcelona, Spain, May 12 (UP)

    Singer Frank Sinatra meets today the bullfighter who is his rival for the affections of Ava Gardner.

    The crooner and bullfighter were to face each other at the little coastal town of Tossa de Mar, where Miss Gardner was making exterior shots for her film, «Pandora and the Flying Dutchman.»

    Bullfighter Mario Cabre is the film’s male lead, and he gives signs of romancing Miss Gardner, both on and off the set.

    This information depressed Sinatra when he arrived in Barcelona by air from the United States yesterday. It put him in a snappish mood.

    Sinatra said he came to Spain for a «much needed rest.» He suffered a throat hemorrhage recently, and his doctor told him to sing not at all and talk as little as possible.

    He rented a car and drove north along the picturesque Catalan coast to a rendezvous with Miss Gardner at the Sea Gull Inn in the resort town of s’Agaro.

    For their reunion, he brought a case of Coca Cola and another and unidentified present wrapped in tissue paper. Miss Gardner climbed in the car with him and they drove north along the coastal highway to Tossa de Mar.

    There they dined with British Actor James Mason at La Bastida estate, where Sinatra is staying. Miss Gardner spent the night at a neighboring estate.

    Back in Hollywood, Sinatra’s wife was reported planning divorce action.