I found your article on Gibraltar really interesting. I've never been there and didn't know much about its history, and knew nothing about those tunnels. I was so pleased it wasn't all about monkeys! You've fired my interest, so if I get the chance, it's somewhere I'd now like to visit.
So interesting. I visited in the early 90s, and the first thing they told us was to avoid the macaques, which were everywhere. Stayed at a small hotel and walked a lot. My dad (a WWI war buff) was very jealous, as I recall.
Gibraltar seemed to us to be all about the walking — much of of it ‘up’. The cable car is down for maintenance and will be for months. Our hotel said we should take a taxi but we said we’d like to walk. We slept well that night!
Gib didn’t see much action in WWI but in WWII it was a jumping off point for Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa and the first big combined Anglo-American offensive operation of the war. Fascinating stuff.
They feed contraceptives to the monkeys these days to keep the numbers in check but there were still a lot of them about.
So much walking. I think the cable car was down in the 90s, too. I wonder if it ever works! Wow on the contraceptives, but I guess that makes sense. Great trip, thank you for sharing with us.
The layers of fortifications! Fascinating.
I found your article on Gibraltar really interesting. I've never been there and didn't know much about its history, and knew nothing about those tunnels. I was so pleased it wasn't all about monkeys! You've fired my interest, so if I get the chance, it's somewhere I'd now like to visit.
So interesting. I visited in the early 90s, and the first thing they told us was to avoid the macaques, which were everywhere. Stayed at a small hotel and walked a lot. My dad (a WWI war buff) was very jealous, as I recall.
Gibraltar seemed to us to be all about the walking — much of of it ‘up’. The cable car is down for maintenance and will be for months. Our hotel said we should take a taxi but we said we’d like to walk. We slept well that night!
Gib didn’t see much action in WWI but in WWII it was a jumping off point for Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa and the first big combined Anglo-American offensive operation of the war. Fascinating stuff.
They feed contraceptives to the monkeys these days to keep the numbers in check but there were still a lot of them about.
So much walking. I think the cable car was down in the 90s, too. I wonder if it ever works! Wow on the contraceptives, but I guess that makes sense. Great trip, thank you for sharing with us.