[Patty]

We didn’t feel confident in getting off on the shore excursions on the Norwegian Fjords trip as it was just my late husband and I but with the Iberian Peninsula trip I was able to go ashore in Gibraltar for the day with the companion I’d taken with us, the other ports that the ship docked at the companion went ashore and loved all the experiences 😀. I enjoyed seeing Gibraltar with her as we had a wonderful tour up the Rock to the Caves where the soldiers during WWII hid and did such a lot of damage to the Nazi ships and submarines from their hideout in the Rock. They have models in uniform with the canons they used and I wouldn’t like to be the person lighting the fuse as they had no idea if it would backfire or not (therefore creating more carnage to their own troops😣). We also enjoyed walking down the main street in Gibraltar where there was a sign saying Gum and Butts i.e. chewing gum and cigarette butts, which in some places blight the pavement 😠. They really anger the Spanish as they sell duty free fuel to all the tankers that sail through the Straits of Gibraltar and I couldn’t believe the number of ships waiting patiently out at sea, of course it does cost to come into the Harbour so they wait outside the Harbour walls until it is their turn for refueling😁. We both adored the Barbary Macaques and how they just have taken over Gibraltar as their own 😀. They do have a runway that cuts across the country and the road needs to be closed whenever a plane takes off or lands so it is a magical country to visit