Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of Spain. It is a member of European Union and forms part of the constituency of South West England in the European Parliament.

The Rock of Gibraltar

The checkpoint

We had to show our passports 

The border of Spain and Gibraltar

Road sign in English

We are officially in the UK

Airport runway

The road will be closed when a plane is landing or taking off

Breakfast at the hotel

We will be leaving Spain again after breakfast. This time to Gilbratar.

Castano Vinos & Tapas

We found this place near our hotel.

Our hotel

Bread sticks

Dried bread

Duck liver pate

Fried calamari

We will strongly recommend this place. 

Back to the hotel

The streets were empty at 10.45 pm

Hotel TRH La Motilla

We went to the hotel after dinner and went out for a drink later.

Plaza de Espana

This plaza was built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.

The highlights here are the colourful ceramic tiles

More girls in their traditional costumes

There are 48 alcoves, each representing a Spanish province

Tomb of Columbus

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer. He has completed four voyages across the Atlantic to the Americas.

His tomb is held by four bearers representing the four kingdoms of Spain during Columbus' lifetime

The kingdoms were Castile, Leon, Aragon and Vavarra

Columbus died in 1505 and was buried in Valladolid, Spain

Even after his death, his body made a voyage to the Americas to Santo Domingo

 (present day Dominican Republic)

His body was moved to Cuba when Spain lost control of Santa Domingo

His body was returned to Seville when Spain lost Cuba

A traveller in life and in death, I doubt Columbus wanted to travel so much after his death. Let us pray he can rest in peace now and that Spain will not lose control of Seville!