Spain, Day 7

Gibralter! This was a fun, easy day. We drove for about an hour to the border. Once across the border (passports required), it took awhile to figure out how to get where we wanted to go. The roads are tiny and for the most part one-way. We visited the natural caves first. When we exited there was a whole slew of apes hanging out around our car. Technically it's illegal to feed them, but we did give them a couple leftover scraps of bread to entice the smaller ones onto a shoulder. There were lots of mommas with their newborn babies. So sweet.

The inside of the rock has been hollowwd out to make room for cannons. It's called St. Georges Cavern. The history of those caves start in the 1700s. There was a lot of WWII history there also. Interesting.

Finally we attempted a hike to the top. We hit a fork in the road with no sign and unfortunately took the wrong one. After a very steep, hot hike up, we reached a guard station. We had to hike halfway down, then scramble across part of the rock (on a hiking trail) before getting to where we wanted to be. We did, however, get to the top and were able to look over other side. It was a bit hazy, but we could see a hint of Africa.

Dinner was with a "product partner" which meant free for us. Yay! We ate at an open air restaurant on what is Marbella's golden mile, essentially. It is where all the rich, young, playboys go cruising American Graffiti-style. We saw Astin Martins, Rolls Royces, Lamborghinis, Mazeratis, and many more. A catwalk of expensive cars. The little boys in our group were beside themselves...as were their fathers. ;-) The people we ate with were really nice. Hannah has really clicked with their 13 year old daughter, so she had a nice evening, also.