This morning Insignia worked its way bumpily through the Straits of Gibraltar, the passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. This is our third trip through here but the first two were at night. We finally got to view the Rock of Gibraltar off our balcony on the port side.
While we know the British captured this strategic place from the Spanish and still control it, for us the fascination goes back to those 1950s TV commercials for Prudential Insurance, which featured the rock. Now we're going to have to check out those old commercials to see how the view compares.
Tomorrow we dock in Valencia for a few hours and we'll have a look around. The following morning, Sunday, we disembark at Barcelona.
Our seven-member team won the Big O-lympics today in the finals. While we weren't entrants in the pie-eating contest, we contributed to other wins, and will use our points toward a shirt.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.