the rock and i

no, not dwayne johnson although i think that man is hot.

i mean the rock of gibraltar. fascinating place. british territory - they use the pound instead of the euro - between spain and the mediterranean. they fly the british flag, everyone speaks english, the police wear those funny british hats, restaurants serve fish and chips.

simon said that gib (as everyone calls gibraltar) reminded him of a small town touristy place in england. honestly, i think he enjoyed a bit of the historical landmarks like the trafalgar cemetery where a few folks who died in that battle were buried.

i just wanted to go see the rock. truthfully, it wasn't a pretty rock. i thought half dome in yosemite was a pretty rock. but this rock had a nice view of africa.

this was a video i took from the south terrace. the wind kinda took away my narration: the camera started with a view of the rock, then panned towards the marina (the land mass behind it was algeciras, a spanish town), then the mountain range was africa. so close and yet so far.



this rock also had monkeys. lots of them.