Hi today the sun still didn’t shine but it’s dry and a warm wind again.

We used the bus route outside our hotel to go to the lighthouse. There is a 350 ton gun positioned there as well. It’s called Europa Point. It was a great spot for views of the Rock and over to Africa and also sights of Spain.

Neanderthals lived here on the Rock for thousands of years and there is evidence in skulls found and cave etchings.

I honestly had no idea how much History Gibraltar has. Just off this Europa Point, Nelson won the Battle of Trafalgar.

After taking loads of photos and looking at the gun and views we got the bus into the city.

Yesterday we looked up at the Moors castle and today we caught a local bus to take us up there. We wondered why the bus was a mini bus as so many people wanted to get on it. As the bus drove up the hill the road was very narrow and with tight bends then I understood! The local ladies on the bus had large bags of shopping and washing that they piled up at the front and as the bus was full they sat on the floor at the back. It was so noisy with Spanish chatter. A cultural experience 😂

At the castle you buy a ticket to enter the top of the Rock. It is a nature reserve and goes on for many square metres all over the top of the Rock area. We hadn’t reckoned on how steep the paths were up there and how far you had to walk. We walked so far up to the Moors tower and onto an exhibition of how the Gibraltans were nearly starved in the great siege in the 1700s.

We are going to go on a guided tour by taxi tomorrow to see all the sights up there. The cave, apes etc.

We saw 2 apes by the tower and they were climbing all along the walls and buildings.

I don’t like them I hear they bite!!

Back in the city we had a cream tea and relaxed.

Tomorrow is a special day for us find out more tomorrow! Xxxx

PHOTOS TO BE ADDED MOUSE BROKEN 😫