Gibraltar
A little piece of England in Spain
After looking at our options regarding our trips to Gibraltar and Granada, we decided that hiring a car for two days would be our best (and cheapest) option as we have to pay a reservation fee every time we board a Spanish train. Kiryn was happy to be our driver for the whole time, which allowed me to take photos along the way, albeit not very good ones. We headed down to the Avis Rent-a-Car office at Córdoba station to collect a car getting a bite to eat at the station café. Our car turned out to be a modern Renault Megane with keyless ignition! It had a computerized dash and the only difficult thing to find was reverse gear — ah, we didn’t need it anyway — so off we went.
Stopping at a petrol station for a map, (none came with the car), we bought a large block of artisan-made chocolate which kept us going until lunchtime. We arrived at the border of Gibraltar and Spain in less than 3 hours but spent another hour just waiting to get across. Not the most efficient system in operation here! And yes, you have to drive across the runway of the airport!
