BCK Itinerary, Gibraltar. 3-4th October 2012. Time to recover then explore tiny Gibraltar's interesting past. Oh, and check out the duty free shops!!
Our early-ish climb up
to the top of the rock had us clouded in for a bit, so no views of Africa that
day. Even so, we walked a precipitous path to
explore St Michael’s cave where BCK was keen to do a Dame Nellie Melba
impression and yodelled a few bars up into the upper reaches of this vast
space. Then it was back along the track
to run the gambit of frolicking monkeys. (Barbary macaques actually, and the only wild primates in
Europe).
It was a day
for walking and we quickly made our way to the hand-hewn Great Siege Tunnels (1779-1783).
Having recently rained, the tunnels dripped; the realities of life in those
times seemed even harsher. Further down
the hill BCK & GS stopped at the “Gibraltar, City under Siege” exhibition
and then the Tower of Homage (1333), once part of a larger Islamic castle.
Sadly, we seeing missed
the WW2 Tunnels. These penetrate the rock for 70km, some large enough for
roads, hospitals and huge water tanks. GS
& the Cap’n had previously taken a tour, expertly guided by Hans, and spent
an hour wandering through these tunnels. Views from vantage points out over
Gibraltar’s steep north face were incredible.
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| BCK arrives at Gib's brand new airport |
Having just arrived back from our Morocco trip, we had our very first visitor to welcome onboard! The plan was to rescue BCK after her very long flight over from Aus, then make the most of
our time in Gib. We allowed her a few days to recover from jet lag, then planned to take in the sights. We wanted to give her a chance to meet the neighbours and do a bit of monkeying around on top of the Rock…
In all, we shopped, we rocked
and we re-stocked. It was loads of fun!
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| A little cutie... |
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| Do you think this is loaded? |
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| Tower of Homage, airport runway & Gibraltar Bay beyond |
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