A beautiful morning greeted us as we sailed into Gibraltar harbour. This is the third time we have visited here and so we decided not to do any trips but instead to just walk through town and on to the botanical gardens.
We took the shuttle bus to the town gate and slowly walked past the shops as they were opening at 10 am. Many of the shops are branches of UK stores with M&S, Next, Mothercare and Peacocks all featuring. The prices are however mostly more expensive than back home, no purchases were therefore made.
The first stop was the Trafalgar graveyard, where many of the sailors and their families are buried including several Walkers but no Robbins.
The botanical gardens were probably a little past their best as the middle of October approaches but there was still a variety of coloured hibiscus around.
Despite visiting the gardens on previous occasions we had never noticed the animal refuge at the rear of the site. Here animals such as monkeys, parrots and terrapins, that were being smuggled through Gibraltar are rescued. As well as seeing the animals in their cages we had the chance to walk through and meet some ring tailed lemurs.
Some of which decided to pose with Sylvia.
Before anyone makes a comment, yes I did go in the enclosure but was busy taking photographs and not posing. Sylvia described the experience with the lemurs as one of the highlights of the cruise.
We slowly walked back to the ship playing around with a couple of cannons on the way. Firstly Sylvia....
......and then me.
On previous P&O cruises that we have been on one of the highlights was the sail away from the final port a very patriotic event that was sadly lacking on the Celebrity cruise we took in May. The Crown Princess however lived up to the tradition with much flag waving and song singing and serving Pimms.
It was pleasant to see that Wales was also represented.
So with the Rock of Gibraltar gradually fading behind us we head onwards toward Southampton and the end of our cruise.
We have two days at sea now , arriving back in England on Monday morning, so this will be the last post of this holiday. I hope you have all enjoyed the journey with us and look forward to taking you all with me on my next trip shortly. Watch this space.
Posted with Blogsy
No comments:
Post a Comment