Traditionally there has been a lot of cultural and social contact between Scotland and Bavaria, Germany. Glasgow is twinned with Nuremberg and Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport is about midway between the two cities and an important hub for connecting flights. Here a flight of Dutch built Fokker 70 CityHoppers face west-south-west into the afternoon sunset while I contemplate which one of them will take me to Nuremberg.

Gabrielle was waiting to meet me, and her employers had very kindly made a Smart Car available to her at no cost to enable her to drive me around.

Gabrielle is employed as a driver with a major German travel company. Here is one of their older Setra coaches which is now used for schools contracts.

We chose a more leisurely means of travel around the old city centre.

Gabrielle's introduction to kilt wearing Scotsmen had been at Glasgow's stall at the International Sister Cities Market. This year's Glasgow Christmas stall had a disappointing amount of tourist tat, but they also had some quality items including a range of tartan neck ties and Walkers shortbreads.


We spent a pleasant afternoon touring Nuremberg's Christmas market.

Santa Claus and his dog.

The Christmas Angel is a teenage girl who tours the market and invites the children to ride for free on the Carousel.
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