Monkeys

Yesterday I was in Gibraltar, as in the Rock of Gibraltar.


It's a British colony, but don't call them English... they're Gibraltarian. haha It was a three hour bus ride and then we got there. I was set on getting my passport stamped, but unfortunately, they wouldn't do it. I asked, but the lady said they were too busy and if she stamped mine, other people would ask, and then the line would back up. I was sad but at least I know that I was there. We had a few hours to look around the city. Everything there is in English and all of the people there speak perfect English with a British accent and Spanish with a heavy southern accent. Very interesting. It's a really small city. I walked all of it in the three hours. I ended up sitting on a pier to eat my bocadillo. fun fun. Looking out into the Mediterranean.


Then we met to get on the bus again to make the trek up the rock. We looked out and were like 10 miles (about... a rough conversion from km) from Morocco. Trivia: Morocco was the first country to recognize the US as a country. (According to our bus driver. Not sure how reliable that is but he seemed like he knew what he was talking about)


Then we went up to look at the caves. They were neat, but they don't beat the caves in southern Indiana lol. (One of the few things we actually have :D) It was neat though because of the history. The British soldiers had camped out there during the world wars.

Then, finally, we went to the monkeys. As we drove in, one jumped on the hood of the bus and just stared at the driver. As we got out, they were like, don't take any bags out of the bus, don't open any pockets while you are outside the bus, and hold your cameras really tight. I didn't see any craziness from the monkeys, but apparently they are super smart and know where the pawn shops are.


That was my day. It was followed by the long ride home.

Hope everyone is still doing well!!