Lovely weather today although cool this morning. Our bus driver told us we were lucky because yesterday had been wet and cloudy.
The views from the top of the rock were amazingly clear. We could easily see the coast of North Africa and the Sierra Nevada in Spain.
You can look down at the airport runway which separates Gibraltar from Spain. There is a pedestrian crossing over the runway!
Susan was very brave and ventured out of the bus to meet the macaque monkeys. There were only four and a baby and they behaved themselves, not living up to their mischievous reputation.
Walked into town after lunch. Full of English stores and pubs with pleasant frontages. Lots of liquor and tobacco shops as well as Next, M&S, Monsoon, etc. It's quite strange , everything is priced in pounds but they accept Euros. People speak both English and Spanish and seem to swap from one to the other at random. Children coming out of the high school were also conversing in both languages.
It was a long walk from the port into town and quite warm in the afternoon so we are both quite tired. I bought a nice bottle of Cognac, duty free. It had been priced incorrectly so I got it for £10 less than it should be, a real bargain.
A Beatles tribute group played for us this evening. The same one that we heard on our cruise around the UK last August. The same set and the same very good quality.Read more
TravelerWe were struck by how much Gibraltar is determined to emphasise its "Britishness". We expected red pillar boxes and traditional red phone boxes but perhaps not quite so many British pubs offering a bill of fare you'd find in any British town: pie and chips, lasagne and chips, burgers and scampi and, of course, the inevitable fish and chips! Every street corner seemed to have or to advertise "traditional British fish and chips, with mushy peas and chip shop vinegar. The monkeys are all fed twice daily on a healthy diet of seeds, fruit and nuts but they have been known to make forays down into town to search out and steal more interesting food. I don't know if they too are fans of fish and chips!!
GibraltarWaterportNorthern Entrance36°8’33” N 5°22’14” W
GibraltarWaterportNorthern Entrance36°8’33” N 5°22’14” W
Traveler We were struck by how much Gibraltar is determined to emphasise its "Britishness". We expected red pillar boxes and traditional red phone boxes but perhaps not quite so many British pubs offering a bill of fare you'd find in any British town: pie and chips, lasagne and chips, burgers and scampi and, of course, the inevitable fish and chips! Every street corner seemed to have or to advertise "traditional British fish and chips, with mushy peas and chip shop vinegar. The monkeys are all fed twice daily on a healthy diet of seeds, fruit and nuts but they have been known to make forays down into town to search out and steal more interesting food. I don't know if they too are fans of fish and chips!!