Gibraltar

Refined petroleum is their #1 export, even though the 3x1 mile peninsula has no oil. There was lots of freighters in the bay and pollution in the air. You can see the yellow on the horizon and it stunk a little too. That is Spain behind the boats.

Prudential logo.

Matt just monkeying around with the wild apes on top of the Rock.

A nice picture after we made the 1300 foot ascent by foot. Most of the lazy cruisers took cabs or the cable car up.

Africa across the strait.

The city of Gibraltar at the foot of the mountain. The airstrip on the right separates UK and Spain. And there is actually a public road that crosses the airstrip.

Nice pic on our hike up.

Old wall of the city on the south end of downtown.

It was nice to get to a clean, English speaking port. It was a little over-crowded in the city center where there was tons of shopping. There was also tons of new high-rise condos going up on the north end of the city near the pier. It seems like a place that a lot of rich Britons(?) go when they want to get away from there shitty weather. I guess it could be a decent vacation spot since I believe it has a beach on the back side of the mountain. I mailed a postcard from here and my parents just got it last Friday so it took about 2 weeks. Things were more expensive here than the other two ports. But most retail locations accepted Gibraltar pounds, English Pounds, and Euros. I guess they just wanna get paid.

Anyone watch the Sopranos finale last night. Not the blood bath everyone was expecting but after some thought I like the way they ended it. You're never going to make a finale that everyone likes. I won't say anything else in case someone plans to watch it still.