SD>WD>In that case you probably understand wrong.
 
SD> I did some research and yes, I was quite wrong.  I must have gotten my
SD> messages mixed up somewhere.
 
To err is human and this is a special case.
 
There has been the time-span Gibraltar was locked-up by Spain, that is
well-documented. But there are also the times when the border-guards went on
strike over salary issues, opening times, adequate staffing. Hotel maids went
on strike too. The thing is because the UK never was a Schengen-treaty country,
 there is a hard border with Spain with customs and immigration stations. (just
 as there always has been one with France)
 
The real funny detail is that the runway of the Gibraltar airport in fact
lengthwise is also the border and it is intersected by a north-south road. When
 a plane is about to land or take-off, the road is closed and cleared so that
the runway becomes usable.
 
Years ago Spain mellowed a lot over border-issues because Gibraltar is a top
tourist-site and thousands of Spaniards each day cross the border to work
there.
 
SD>WD>Same here.
 
SD> With my health, it'd behoove me to make sure that I was covered in any
SD> situation.
 
Traveling without health- and travel-insurance is inviting disaster. July 4th
1992 we got stuck in Washington DC with a 9 month baby having a viral attack of
 the respiratory airways ... look at the date ... and the place.
 
Called the insurance number and instead of a day full of gloom we made the
fireworks on the Mall that evening and had a story to tell years down the road.
 
 \%/@rd

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