Got the car last night and dropped it off at FTE, which will remain there till Wednesday when we return the car that we hired. Met up with the very helpful and friendly staff at FTE to go through some details on Spanish laws concerning cars and then we were off to Gibraltar!

Gibraltar looks like a big clump of rock surrounded by buildings. After a little confusion with passport control we entered Gibraltar. I could instantly recognise the features that are familiar to me from back home in England - the traffic lights, police cars, shops, everything in English language…

The most interesting feature was the airport. The road runs right through the airport and intersects and goes across the runway. The system is so that when an aircraft is coming into land the traffic on the road is stopped. Was quite an odd experience driving through the runway! We then went on to the coast to see if we could catch a glimpse of Morocco on the other side. We were quite lucky this time, the visibility was high, as opposed to the last time my family visited, when it was dull and raining! (Morocco below)

We then strolled over to the Mosque nearby, the building of which was funded by King Fahad of Saudi Arabia.

More photos of the mosque here. After looking around Gibraltar we headed for Marbella in the afternoon. I wasn’t really impressed with the beach at Marbella, dark and stony sand, and a quite narrow beach. Maybe I checked out a bad stretch! I did notice quite a few boats docked, I didn’t bother to walk over though, I was so exhausted. Overall, Marbella is very pretty and probably has a good night life, which is probably why it attracts so many tourists.

Was a lovely drive…to Gibraltar and Marbella.. looking forward to checking out Seville tomorrow!