The Hotel Hermitage was about an hours drive to the Rock of Gilbraltar and when you drive over the border you are in a British territory. We circled around the territory first by car stopping at the lighthouse, the beach and thru a few tunnels before we went to the base of the gondola to ride to the top of the rock. At the top of the rock we saw the Apes Den, St Michael's Cave, the Great Siege Tunnels, the ruins of the Moorish Castle, and the upper rock Nature Preserve. By far - our favorite part was the monkeys. They walked right up to you and if you held at your hand they would walk right onto your shoulder. We hiked for about 4 hours on the top of the rock , straight up and then straight down and straight up.... you get the idea. The only one that was not sore was Bill. If he wasn't driving the car, we might have thrown him over the cliff!!
To finish off our day , we have fish and chips at the oldest pup on the island-The Star Bar established in 1889. It was a beautiful day but very warm. The cold beer in the Pub was just the thing to take the heat away served with authentic fish and chips. Yum!!
Driving back to our hotel- we visited the lovely village of Casares. A quaint Spanish town untouched by the British influence . The local people start gathering around the town square around dusk to talk, play dominoes and eat ice cream. Everyone knows everyone.
We ended our day having wine on our balcony and watching the sunset. Ahh...
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