Frankie's Adventures and Misadventures : You are my Rock of Gibraltar

I guess Ronda is not what of those places you see once in a life time. I went back this hitch as well. I met up with my buddy Dave (who is like a son to me) and Sara (NO H) and we went to Ronda. From where my new dump is you can be there in less than about an hour. Kind has a Banff feel to it in some ways – less the mountains, cold and Japanese so it is nothing like Banff but worth a trip nonetheless. I think this is the 4^th country where Dave and I met up if you consider working in Yemen and drinking at Frosty’s meeting up an adventure.

Dave’s girlfriend’s Aunt and Uncle own a restaurant in Marbella and they were very nice to give us an amazing free dinner. There is not many Spanish restaurants where I am at so it was nice to have some authentic Spanish cooking.

Speaking of short trips to tourist traps We went back to Gibraltar and realized that I think I like concept of it more than the actual place itself. I like its place in history (you can visit the grave yard where Nelson’s men are buried after the Battle of Trafalgar) and you can see its historical and military significance. But it is expensive and very touristy but great weather.

The funniest thing I saw there this time was the most random parking sign ever. Something like you cannot part in this particular spot every second Wednesday, between a certain hour and if it was cloudy outside. We all thought it was funny but the people with the clamp on their cars were not amused. It did not help that we were yelling, “ You dumb fucks that can’t figure out the a random parking spot.” That was mostly Sara because the victims were British and she is Spanish and wants Gibraltar back.

I am not sure if the monkeys on top of the rock speak Spanish or English but I found out the hard way that they can flick poo in any language. But that was many years ago. It costs about 14 billion British pounds to hire a cable to get to the top so we decided to make our way back to the Spanish side and found other sources of poo flickers.

No trip to England is complete without a pint of expensive and bitter beer so that we did. It was a quick trip but I do like the process and you get to walk a live tarmac.

After a quick flight to Ireland I am for St. Patrick’s Day and tomorrow will meet up with a buddy from work who lives in London.