I visited (from the US) some years back when I was briefly living in Spain. We bused to La Linea (the Spanish border town), then walked across the border, then across the runway (after waiting for a plane), to get the main, touristy part of Gibraltar. Just added to the surreality of visiting such a visibly-known place.
It's a unique place to visit. When you come from Spain, you park near the border, and you walk across the runway of the airport, which is situated astride the isthmus that connects the rock to the mainland. And as mentioned in the article, the view from the southern tip is special. I've never been disappointed by making the effort to visit the funny little enclaves that captured my interest as a map-loving kid. If we had had time, we would have crossed the straits to visit Ceuta and Melila, Spains exclaves on the Moroccan coast. I've always found it ironic that Spain has demanded Morocco back from Britain, while fiercely defending their own similar territories a couple dozen miles away.
Man, something about Spain is truly magical. For you I imagine it’s different since you grew up there (I get it, I’m from Alaska and it’s nice but it’s not magical like tourists see it), but for me, I remember reading Homage to Catalonia as a kid and thinking “I have to go to Spain one day” then later in life when I went, I backpacked through El País Vasco (and the rest of northern Spain) and just fell in love with that country.
If I can get a remote job, my wife and I are strongly considering how we could move there. Spain is the most fascinating place I’ve ever been and the place just… feels right? I don’t know how to describe it. It’s the only place I’ve ever felt like I fit in. Eskerrik Asko / Gracias for taking me back to a series of Camino sense memories.
Gibraltar isn't an island in the middle of the ocean. It's a tiny peninsula attached to the Spanish city of La Linea de la Concepcion. Many Gibraltarians interact with Spaniards on a daily basis. And indeed, the spike in Gibraltar cases coincides exactly with a much larger spike in cases in Spain:
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