GIBRALTAR: What a great big Rock!!! Very impressive and so British - flags, red telephone boxes and letter boxes everywhere and of course all the British shops!! As there was another huge cruise ship in port, this little town was buzzing with tourists taking advantage of the duty free shopping and stocking up with souvenirs. We made our way up to the Cable Car but sadly the queue was so long that we would not have had the time and there were very few cable cars to ride as well, so sadly we missed out on seeing the Barbary Apes (we did see a million stuffed ones in the shops tho'?!!). Our sail away was a lot of fun with the Independence of the Seas (berthed next to us) which was full of Brits touring the Med for 10 days, providing the music and frivolity. Their top deck was full of passengers 3 deep by the time they departed, looking down on us on our top deck and giving us a lot of cheek!! A very pretty sail away with the Rock of Gibraltar and its lovely little town fading into the distance.
Photos above are: the closest we got to seeing Barbary Apes; a popular shop with the passengers; too few cable cars for 6,000 passengers; shoppers everywhere; our ship in the foreground with the Independence of the Seas; and last of the warm weather with the Rock of Gibraltar in background.
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