Gibralter

Next on our vacation with Jason and Neoma was Gibralter.  The Rock.

Gibralter is actually a UK territory or province or something.  It's not part of Spain, so they had a whole new suite of foreign things.  Like this super deluxe pay toilet.  It sanitizes the whole bathroom after each use!

 

Then we went for some fish and chips.

They were super delicious!  And plentiful.  I ate a ton of fries because I could make fry sauce (ketchup + mayonaise).  And it tasted SO DELICIOUS because apparently I crave fatty American tasting sauces.

Also, there were monkeys.

Lots of monkeys.

Gibralter has the only wild monkey population in Europe.  There were several theories about how the monkeys got there (they are related to the monkeys found in northern Africa, which is just a few miles away across the water).  The most likely thing is that the Moors brought pet monkeys with them when they colonized Gibralter (and the rest of Spain).

You are not allowed to touch the monkeys or feed them.  But that sure doesn't prevent them from touching you.  This monkey sat on Hollis.  I love the progression as Hollis realizes that the warm thin on his neck is monkey bum.  And we'd seen some really disgusting monkey bums that day.

The monkey tried to steal his glasses.  We have the finger prints to prove it! (Look carefully at the left lens.)

We ate dinner at Pizza Hut!  I was so excited because I crave American fast food a TON and was overjoyed to get some.