Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=1080" target="_blank">The Latest: Latest: More on the Mediterranean cruises from Mou</a>
Originally Posted By leemac <<Gibraltar, U.K.>> That cracks me up. I'm sure people will scratch their heads about that one. From one Spanish port to the UK and then another Spanish port all in successive days! I guess it is still a colony of the UK.
Originally Posted By mrichmondj That's actually kind of odd. Whenever I've sailed in the Med, Spain has forbidden a port stop immediately following a stop in Gibraltar. The bad blood just doesn't seem to cease there. Maybe the rules in Spain have changed, I guess. I always thought it was kind of silly to begin with.
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ I never knew that mrichmonj. It does seem to ebb and flow. You get a bit of press on the relations between us and then nothing for years. There was talk of Spain pushing to reclaim the island last year but that has all but subsided. The problem is that it is commercially very strong so I don't anticipate us giving it up.
