Twenty minutes is the duration of the presence of Princess Leonor, accompanied by her sister Sofía, at the headquarters of the Princess of Girona Foundation, which was the first time that the heiress set foot in the city. A technical stop, which the King’s daughters have made on the way from the Camiral hotel, in Caldes de Malavella, where the Princess of Girona awards are given this Wednesday, to Cala Montjoi, to visit, guided by Ferran Adria, the elBulli1946 museum , opened to preserve the legacy of what was the best restaurant in the world.
It was not announced, nor, apparently, planned, since, according to Zarzuela sources, it was the Princess herself who, during a meeting she had with FpdGi officials, asked about the workplace and asked to see the facilities . A brief visit, but highly symbolic, since the lack of collaboration from the Girona city council, as well as the rejection of pro-independence groups, has prevented, since 2018, the events convened by the Princess of Girona Foundation from being held in the city.
Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía who flew from Madrid to Girona airport in the morning and went directly to the Camiral hotel, the operations center for the scheduled events, yesterday and today. In the early afternoon, Leonor and Sofía held a meeting with a group of young participants from various FPdGi programs, with whom they exchanged opinions and experiences; They were accompanied by the president of the Francisco Belil Foundation and the director Salvador Tasqué.
At one point, the Princess asked about the place where they work throughout the year in the different events organized by the foundation and asked to be able to visit it. The surprise made it possible to organize the visit with minimal time, especially with regard to the security operation, and the Princess and the Infanta went from Caldes to Juli Garreta street, located near the Girona train station. The two sisters got out of the car and went directly to the first floor, where the FPdGi has an office that occupies about 200m2 divided into community work areas, activity rooms, projection rooms and some, a few offices.
The two sisters posed next to a luminous sign with the initials of the foundation before Leonor left written testimony of her first visit to the headquarters and the city of Girona. “My sister Sofía and I are very happy to know the headquarters of the foundation that I chair in the city of Girona. And, we thank the entire team for their dedication and effort. With our deep affect, Leonor and Sofía”.
After the little visit, Leonor and Sofía resumed their journey towards Cala Montjoi and, after leaving Roses behind, discovering, from the car in which they traveled, the beauties of the Cap de Creus natural park. Units of the Mossos d’Esquadra and the Civil Guard monitored the journey by land and also by sea, but, despite the announcement of concentrations of pro-independence groups, the truth is that all the way from Roses the only presence outside the visit of the Princess and the Infanta, were the few cars that left or went to Cala Montjoi. they came across some pro-independence groups located at different points on the highway protesting their presence in Girona. Ferran Adrià, the mayor of Roses, Josep Martínez (PSC), were waiting for them at the gates of elBulli; the Government delegate in Catalonia, Carles Prieto, and Secretary of State for Tourism, Ana Morillo.
For her visit to elBulli1946, Princess Leonor chose a pumpkin-colored dress with ruching under the bust from the firm Lady Pipa, while her sister, Sofía, opted for a set of a sleeveless blouse and pirate pants from Sfera. The two have worn wedge espadrilles and their hair loose
