Marathon Day 2, Location 2: GibraltarSo about that "experience with monkeys."
Saturday I went with my study abroad program to see Gibraltar. Home to a giant rock, a naval base and some wild primates, the British territory is about a three-hour bus ride from Seville, and it's just south of Spain's border.
In addition to hanging out with the monkeys, we enjoyed talking to locals. People there are impressively bilingual in Spanish and English. They speak Spanish as well as Spaniards and English as well as the British. (There's something about British English that just cracks me up.) Generally, locals spoke English to us, and it's interesting that all of the signs and menus are in English. Again, Gibraltar is a part of England, so the currency is pounds. But it's so expensive there that people will often cross over into Spain to go shopping, sometimes for a Christmas tree!
And then you have the monkeys. They're actually pretty friendly if you feed them, though they do get attached to us (figuratively and literally) rather quickly. Monkeys swiped at a few people who tried to touch them and bit one person (nothing major). You have to offer food and let the animal come to you. Some people got a little too close to the babies, which infuriated their very protective parents. Otherwise, a good time was had by all, monkeys included.
Enjoy the video below and see more photos here.
2 comments:
Josh - pictures of the caves etc are just breathtaking. Pop Pop Murray asked me if I thought you had seen too much in too little time. As far as I am concerned, you are in Europe - who knows when you'll get back. I don't think Pop Pop has seen in his lifetime what you've seen in 3 months.
You and the monkeys remind me of Ross and Marcel since everybody compares you to ross lol.
-Jason
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