Day 16 Gibraltar

Today we arrived in Gibraltar which is a British colony to this day and uses a completely different currency only good in Gibraltar. After breakfast, we headed into town to catch the gondola to the top of the rock. After about a mile and a half walk we arrived at the gondola only to find a line that was over an hour wait. We decided to forgo the tram and walked up the hill a bit further and found a nice botanical garden with a small zoo and got a picture of one of the apes over the fence. We had walked up hill enough and decided to find a cafe for some libations. As we were sitting down, our travel agent Shawna was walking by so we invited her to join us. After a bottle of wine and a couple glasses of beer we headed back to the ship for some more food, like we really needed it! We got ready for our evening excursion back to the rock and into the tunnels that were used in WWII for some wine and light tapas while listening to a military band play two sets of marching music. Not the best tour I’ve ever been on but the tunnels were very interesting. After the show we made our way back to the ship for a final final before heading to bed. Tomorrow we arrive in Marbella for a wine tasting tour. Then we have to start packing because we have to have the bags out by 0100 hrs. We leave the ship the day after that to head to Malaga and Barcelona. Here are today's pics.

Side note will update pics later, a lotted not download from my phone.

  

Our tour guide stopped by for some wine!




The drilling was really loud.

















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  1. HeringerOctober 6, 2024 at 6:50 AM

    Looking at the ship on the web site, I am curious what class of room you had?

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