After a day at sea we arrived in Gibraltar
at noon. It was a pretty impressive sight from the
ship. We set out early in the afternoon
to avoid the crowds. Our plan was to
walk through town to the cable car and ride it to the top, then walk back
down. It seemed like a doable plan. There isn't much of interest in the
city. It was clean but rather boring. There's a bit of history with the old walls
and bastions, but that was about it. One
of the big attractions is the Barbary apes who live on
the rocks above the city. Also, there
are tunnels that were used for shelter during World War II. When we got to the cable car terminal we
discovered that there was a long wait, reportedly one and a half hours. So we scrapped that plan and instead walked
into a nearby botanical garden. It was
very nice, and there were lots of birds to look at. We were even able to see a couple of monkeys
up on the cliffs. After quite a bit of
time in the garden, and finding one life bird, we walked back to the ship, in
time for a late tea.
Miles walked: 6.5
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