Well, today we went off to Gibraltar to see the small British Colony on continental Europe. It was about a two hour bus ride from Benalmadena. We left at 9:30 and got there just before noon, a bit late since there was a large line at the border.
Gibraltar, as you may know is located at the southern tip of Spain just across the strait from Morocco, in fact about 12 miles. On a clear day you can see Africa from there, as we did. We first walked up Main Street, which is the principal street of Gibraltar. It is rather tacky with more than 50 jewelry shops, many perfume shops, and lots of souvenir places. We had lunch in a local place patronized mostly by locals as far as we could see.
We then took a two hour tour by van up the mountain to see St. Stephan's cave, the lookout point, and the ape abode. We also saw many beautiful sights from the narrow winding roads going up and down.
The cave is one that was carved out of the limestone by water. There is an actual small theater in the largest opening. Many famous performers have performed there.
We also stopped at the lookout point to see the panorama of the Straits of Gibraltar.
Then on the way down was the monkey reserve. You can read more about it at the following web site.
On the way down we could see the entire city, the port area, the Spanish city of Alcazires on the other side of the strait, and the ships in the strait.
We arrived back at our resort about 7 and went immediately out for dinner since we were getting up at 5 am on Saturday for our flight to Paris. We had paella again, this time at the same restaurant where we had our second paella. It was very good. We chatted with some Brits at the next table and had a good time. When we left, the owner treated us like old customers and we got the customary three kisses on the cheeks. Back at the resort, we went to bed early.
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