Word: barcelona
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Woody Allen was engulfed by adoring fans in mid-June when he came to Barcelona to scout locations along the city's famed artery, Las Ramblas. The director returned the ardor, promising the movie he has since started filming there would be "a love letter to Barcelona." Alas, the romance may not survive the summer. Weeks of roadblocks and a dispute over subsidies have made some Barcelonans regret letting the American cinematic icon use their city as a movie...
...guests gathered jovially on a summer Saturday afternoon to celebrate the opening of the newest stall in Barcelona's famous Boqueria market, an elderly man pressed awkwardly to the front of the crowd. He quickly congratulated the new establishment's owners, then, with a wistful smile, turned and left. Jaime Ross had previously owned the stall, which he had run for 60 years. It had been held by his family for four generations before him. But it was more than the name of the proprietor that changed when a family bereavement forced Ross to sell: What had once been...
...July 2]. You asked if children tormenting and killing bulls can "save a dying sport." Bullfighting is dying a natural death as a so-called sport because people are making the choice not to support sickening animal torture. As a direct result of the outrage from citizens and tourists, Barcelona's city council passed a resolution opposing bullfighting. The picture of the young bullfighter and the young bull shows one being who has the choice of participating and another that has no choice and is ultimately always the loser. That is just plain wrong. Susan Hargreaves, JUPITER, FLORIDA...
...that room's revenue will be donated to a nominated charity. Beginning last year as an initiative at Houston's Hotel Derek, the Giving Room idea has now spread to hotels like the Landmark Bangkok (in aid of the Thai Red Cross), the Hotel Majestic in Barcelona (for Oxfam), and Ireland's Dromoland Castle (in support of the Barnardo's children's charity). For the full list, go to phggiftts.com...
...film plans are just part of this year's centenary celebrations. They include two Tintin musicals, a Tintin museum, an exhibition at the Pompidou center in Paris, as well other events in Stockholm, Barcelona and Lausanne. In addition there will be commemorative stamps (Belgium, France and Switzerland), coins and chocolates, among other merchandise, and learned academic seminars...