Gibralter

Hello again

Today I'm in Gibralter...as in the Rock of. It's a pretty incredible looking rock! You can see it for miles. Here are a couple of pictures

This one is from my terrace at my hotel! They tell me you can see Africa from my room on a clear day. I would have liked to have seen that!

Now for a couple more driving stories. The first is an honest mistake....anyone could make it! This car is a diesal car. Now in the states, what color are the diesal pumps? Why yes they are green. But not here. Here, yep, you guessed it...the unleaded pumps are green. Who knew! So I wondered why my poor car started running so rough. Fortunately, I only put in a quarter of a tank, and had run a bunch of that out when I figured it out! So I filled the tank and it is MUCH happier now.

Then there is driving in Gibralter. DON'T!!!! The streets are (snicker) 2 way, but only one car width and all up hill or down. If you meet someone, one of you goes back to the nearest wide spot in the road and waits until the other goes past...and this can be a ways down the road! Let's just say I will NEVER drive here again. You'd have to have a death wish! But I did drive up to a lookout point on the Rock, and here's a picture. Not much of one as the day is not clear, but something!

I head to Granada tomorrow, and will be there until it's time to head to Barcelona and pick up Sandy. Just read yesterday there is an air traffic controller's strike possible in Paris (SOMETHING has to strike there or it's not Paris!) so I'm hoping none of you who are joining me get hung! I'm going to post this, then try to catch up the rest of Egypt. Love you guys...

Earline