Hotel El Paraiso Estepona
Carretera Cadiz KM. 167 Estepona, Costa del Sol, Andalusia, 29680, Spain and Canary Islands
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Monkey Madness
... population of Gibraltar is spread out around The Rock into various districts and neighborhoods.
After passing through customs and having to leave two students behind for the day in Spain because they forgot their passports, we got off the bus to more rain. What luck! Fortunately, we were directed to a station of small tour vans waiting to take us on a guided tour to the top of The Rock. I think everyone was on their last pairs of dry shoes ...
Monkeys!
... Horseshoe to kill some time before our bus home. The only bus back to Cadiz was at 8 pm, so we had time to surf the internet, have some dinner (another huge meal) and then time to walk back across the border to the bus station.
Walking out of Gibraltar, the Christmas lights were all lit up, which I really enjoyed. Most of the Spanish towns that we have been in, have had the lights strung up, but they have never been lit, which has been a bit ...
The Rock of Gibraltar
... its Moorish masters). Separated from help by nearly a thousand miles and blockaded on all sides, the British soldiers were forced to rely on their ingenuity. They spied a perfect outcropping on the Rock and devised a plan to place a cannon up there by tunneling through the Rock itself. Although they lacked any real tools and gunpowder was scarce (and a risky tool, at best), they marshaled their resources and inventiveness and dug out a large series ...
Long...long travel day
... was right on the main road so we made it there in less than an hour. Roger was beside himself to discover that the hotel dinner was a buffet! With our exhausting day, it was by far the best option. He did enjoy the many meat options inclunding his favorite cured ham. He also really liked the shrimp but at least he only took a few. We watched people with HEAPING plates of shrimp go by. I guess people ...
Soooooo many steps!!!!
... are a lot of historical sites as you walk up the mountain. The Moorish castle was a good view and alright. The Siege Tunnels was a lot cooler though. They were drilled and blasted without any machinery!
And we also bought some hand-made wine goblets from the Gibraltar Crystal wine-blowers. They were expensive but they are very pretty. And now we’ve got our own set of wine ...


