{"id":841,"date":"2021-09-12T10:55:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T10:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moxieenmer.com\/?p=841"},"modified":"2021-09-12T10:55:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T10:55:36","slug":"gibraltar-to-lanzarote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moxieenmer.com\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"Gibraltar to Lanzarote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After a good night\u2019s sleep, we set out to have a look at this area (La Linea<\/a>) before moving over to Gibraltar<\/a>. Why did we need to move at all you ask?  Since we were waiting for a spinnaker, we wanted to be on the Gibraltar side to avoid the associated 20% European VAT (value added tax) charge, but the Gibraltar marina didn\u2019t have room for us until a few days after our arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We moved over to the Gibraltar side to the Queensway Quay Marina on 8\/27.  The \u201crunway\u201d is the dividing point between Spain and the United Kingdom and the architecture is very different on each side. The Spanish side has older buildings and more land to spread out and the British side has newer buildings and many high-rise apartments and hotels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This land mass has been fought over practically since the beginning of time due to its strategic location.  It was instrumental in controlling the seas during WWII and the remnants of that period are everywhere.  To get a closer look, we took the Cable car<\/a> up to the top of the Rock.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We had read about the colony of macaque monkeys<\/a> that lives at the top and they greeted us as soon as we exited the cable car.  They can be quite aggressive, and we saw them snatch several bags right out of people\u2019s hands in search of food. Our first stop was lunch at the top of the rock which fortunately was surrounded by glass or I think they would have snatched the food right off our plate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there we headed out to take in the stunning views and look at some of the remnants of war.  One stop was at O\u2019Hara\u2019s battery<\/a> (constructed in 1890).  Amazing to think about how all of the equipment and canons were transported up here!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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