Hello again. Yesterday we took a trip to Gibraltar. Typical us, we didn't have a map and didn't bother to ask just how far it was. It was far. Anyway round trip was over 800 kms. But the sun was shining and we saw the southern corner of Spain. Very pretty with rolling hills and prosperous looking farms. When we got to Gibraltar there were so many buses, cars, motorbikes and people that we could hardly move. Poor Ian never got the beer he was so looking forward to. However we did drive through the rock itself and the entire circumference. Also took a couple of pictures. Lesson learned I think. No more driving into large cities. The trip back to Albufeira took quite a bit longer than the trip down due to two freeway accidents and another roadblock of some sort. Traffic was stopped for miles and when we got to the front of it all there  were police and armed guards all over the place, some even with machine guns. (made us glad that we didn't have that beer after all!) Also, between the eastern part of Portugal through to Seville and quite a few miles south the smog was  so thick that it was hard to see anything much at all. Thankfully it had lifted by the time we got to Gibraltar and we got a good look at it. All in all it was an 11 hour day. Needless to say we are parking the car today and just wandering about. This morning we had some showers but the sun is poking out right now and the temperature is quite mild. We are going out for a traditional  Portugese dinner tonight. I'm really impressed with the food here. Hope it's as good in Sicily. Take care to all. Talk to you soon.
Linda