GIBRALTAR
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| We woke up to a very cold day. |
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| Snow on the mountain. |
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| Forged ahead anyway. |
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| Gibraltar in the distance. |
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| Downtown |
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| One really interesting thing about Gibraltar is that the border between Spain and Gibraltar is an airport runway, quite literally. |
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| Gibraltar - Cradle of History |
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| Heading up the rock. |
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| Our chariot. |
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| This is the funicular you can ride up to the top of the rock. It was raining, and we chose to drive. Look at all the birds in the sky. |
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| This is Africa. |
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| Wild monkeys swarm the rock. |
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| This guy got friendly quickly. |
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| He had a plan and he waited patiently. When I had to roll my window down he did a quick snatch and grab, and took off like a bat out of hell. |
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| This was a very interesting cave on the rock. It was huge. In fact, they use it for a concert hall at times. |
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| It was also completely accessible, without any barriers whatsoever. You could touch anything you wanted. |
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| The stalagmite and stalactite met in the middle. |
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| This was one that fell to the ground centuries ago and was cut open to show how it is formed. The different colors show the history of the cave with wet and dry seasons. |
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| Ana loves to touch nature. |
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| This was a very interesting tower stronghold that has a turbulent past. It passed hands back and forth between the Moors and the Christians. It was the victim of long sieges, and violent attacks. |
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| We're in better shape than we thought. That is a lot of stairs! |
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| All the missionaries say it is worth the long drive to Gibraltar just to eat fish and chips at Roy's. |
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| Maybe so, maybe not. |
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| It was a very cold, rainy, windy day, and not nearly as much fun as we had hoped. |
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