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Fish, chips, rain: Gibraltar belongs to England for a Reason

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February 25th 2008
So yeah, on Saturday Brad and I went to Gibraltar which was pretty cool. it´s like a 2.5 hour bus ride. the weather was like misting and rainy but it was still really cool. the rock is enormous, it looks so random since there is just flat plains all around and then the sea is flat and there´s this just massive hunk of stone purtruding up from the flattness. the customs there, since it technicall ... read more

Europe » Gibraltar » Gibraltar

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Strategically important, Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain by Spain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht; the British garrison was formally declared a colony in 1830. In referendums held in 1967 and 2002, Gibraltarians ignored Spanish pressure and voted ... ... read more