@Mr Gharial To be fair, I couldn't tell if you didn't know or were making a political statement.
(there's been, shall we say, some debate about British sovereignty over Gibraltar - though the people who live there have always expressed a preference to stay as they are when given the democratic opportunity)
It's an odd place - the weather and landscape are Iberian, and the cars drive on the right, but the street furniture and the brands of the shops and beer in the pubs are all British - even a can of Coke I had while there was imported from the UK factory, not a Spanish one. Very weird!
Also, the driving route in goes right across the airport runway, which is exciting..!
@Kifaru Bwana Not sure what part you're referring to in particular? You might be reading in something I didn't intend here.
I was very careful to stick simply to facts - Gibraltar's current status is a British Overseas Territory but that is the subject of debate and whenever the residents have been asked they have expressed a preference to remain that way. All of that is objectively true, not intended to cast a personal opinion either way. I just needed somewhere to put the photos at the end of the day, so I followed political reality in the absence of a dedicated folder.
Otherwise I just found it an interesting place to visit as above (I was staying in Malaga and just drove down for the day). Even as a Brit, I don't really consider its status my debate to have. Indeed, note that I actually went as far as to describe the more British aspects as weird..!
My only real opinion regarding the situation is more a logical one than an ideological one - that it's interesting how seldom the debate seems to address the comparable question of Ceuta and Melilla. Feels like the debate (for consistency) should be both or neither - leave both how they are, or pass both to the major countries they border. Either option would make sense to me, but debating one and not the other does not.
