I love Gibraltar

Now you may not hear that said very often - but I really do enjoy a day in Gib! I wouldn´t choose to live there and, although I have lived in Spain for 14 years, I still sometimes crave a bit of Britishness. - Main Street Gibraltar is much like most main streets in England, and the shops are great. The BHS Home Store is a good one at the bottom of Main Street, and of course what sort of a high street would it be without M&S at the top end? From the Marks food store try the home made chocolate chip cookies and a great range of herbs and spices. All the summer stuff is in now too, and there is a great range of swimwear and sarongs for beachlovers. I always find that the cafés on Main Street are a bit of a rip-off, but if I go with my dad he insists on sitting there so he can watch the old soldiers parading up Main Street on a Saturday morning. If you want to make a day of it, go out on the dolphin boat from the Marina - it´s only about €20 each, and unlike many similar trips, you are guaranteed to see hundreds of dolphins, which swim into the Bay of Gibraltar as the warm water attracts them. And don´t forget a trip up the rock to see the apes. The last place I lived in the UK was Mansfield, and although this was no green, leafy suburb of Shakespeare´s England, it was very similar to Gibraltar (Apes and all!) Hmmm perhaps that´s why I feel so at home on the rock!