Gibraltar

Trip Start Jan 03, 2008
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Trip End Apr 27, 2008


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Sunday, April 13, 2008

Gibraltar was another great port, with lots of history and an impressive setting on the Mediterranean Sea. The weather was perfect as we strolled through the town. We had lunch in a little pub in Irish Town.
The buildings seem to emerge from the hillsides as the town is nestled into the rock. The town has been extended (on reclaimed land) beyond the sea walls, where new shopping areas and hotels are being developed.
Gibraltar's walls are enormous-which were necessary because of the sea and the military sieges it has endured-and rise much like the enormous rock faces on the end of the peninsula. Our anchorage allowed us to see Spain and Morocco as well. There would be plenty to see on both sides of the strait were we to come back for a longer visit. We missed the apes at the top, the military installations and tunnels in the mountain, and the ferry ride to Tangier. So much to do, so little time!
The sail-away was beautiful-we sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar with Spain on our right and Morocco on the left. All the cities along both coasts looked white in the sunshine, sail boats and ferries ventured out in the Strait, and the shallow waters of the Mediterranean along the coasts looked pale in contrast with the deep blue of the Atlantic waters-it was absolutely beautiful! An hour later, we felt the chilled air of the Atlantic and waved good bye to the warmth of the Mediterranean.
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