Pillars of Hercules

The coat of arms of Spain shows the 2 pillars.
Hercules tore apart the rocks which had before divided the Mediterranean Sea from the ocean. A beacon for mariners since the dawn of seafaring, the famous Rock Gibraltar (or "Gib" as she is called by the poms) was one of the Pillars of Hercules and Monte Hacho in Ceuta, formed the other.

The pillars were named during Hercules performing one of his 12 labours, move some cattle. He had to cross the heap of rock, once called Atlas before he looked at Medusa's head. He must have been lazy because instead of climbing he decided to cut it in two and let the water from the Atlantic flow into the Med, hence two pillars. Gib and Monte Hacho.

For the ancients they marked the boundary of the world as they knew it.
Today? A great pub in London on (where else) in 7 Greek Street. Just follow the link. I heard of this pub from Charles Dickens.
Quote: " Referred to by Charles Dickens in A Tale Of Two Cities, there has been a Pillars of Hercules on this site since 1733, the present pub dating from 1910 although it's stylised to look much older. When Dickens knew this pub the chances are it wasn't full of crusties and dreadlocks, as is it today."

Crusties! what kind of type is that? "a young person who does not live in a way that society considers normal, typically with untidy or dirty clothes and hair, and no regular job or permanent home".
My kind of bar! Feel right at home.

Now back to Hercules. I guess he pushed down Atlantis when he opened the Med by pushing "Gib" aside. Thats another story