Hi Mike and everyone else. We returned from Nuremberg yesterday, not however 
to the tumultuous welcome at the airport, no flowers and obsequious bowing 
which was a bit disappointing as we had been away for six days, however 
possibly the local dignitaries were away doing important dignitary things.
Our arrival was a bit of a shock as it was a lot colder in England than it 
had been in Bavaria, if anyone is interested I have a photo of myself 
sitting in the sun on the hotel balcony ,copies €4 plus postage and packing,
We arrived in Nuremberg at 20.30 local time and got a taxi to the hotel €10 
which was ok because we did not know exactly where we were going. Had we 
know we could have got the U-Bahn at around 80p more of that later.
Having booked the whole thing through Las minute .com we were a bit worried 
that the hotel would be a bit 'Naff' however we were pleasantly surprised to 
find a new and very clean hotel Best Western City West, if you ever go to 
Nuremberg I can highly recommend it not only for how nice it is but it is 
only about 50 yards from the underground and this is only 8 minutes from the 
centre of town, We should have known that it would be ok as we have stayed 
in Best Western hotels in Europe and the middle east and central and 
southern America,
Our main reason for the visit was to visit the Christkindlesmarkt and try 
out the various types and flavours of Gluhwein which I am sure that you will 
be pleased to know we did, often.
The Saturday and Sunday was a bit hectic as both the hotel and the town 
centre was very crowded with people flocking into the middle of Nuremberg 
however it all added to the atmosphere and is very pretty, if you ever went 
to the christmas market in Dortmund you will know what I mean but a lot 
bigger.
On the Monday we visited the Zeppelin Feld and the Stadion which, although 
they have tried with lots of photos etc, is fairly boring, however as it is 
forbidden to display Nazi paraphernalia makes thing rather grey, they could 
have brightened things up a bit with Nazi flags and banners uniforms etc, 
however the Germans are a bit paranoid about these things.
 On the Monday evening we went to a friends house for dinner he lives at Bad 
Winsheim an hour outside Nuremberg, I always wonder how people manage to 
cook steak so that it falls apart.It always comes out like leather when I do 
it.
UG. In the hotel was a lift five floors up and -2  then UG we did not go 
there thinking that maybe it was the place where they kept the more unusual 
relatives a bit like David in the League of Gentleman.
On the Wednesday we went to Furth once again to see their Christmas Market 
it is only a small town but they also had a nice Christmassy market once 
again all lit up.
On Wednesday we went back to the one in Nuremberg, being mid week it was not 
so crowded so we got to see all the stalls.
 Thursday back home, We flew from Nuremburg to Frankfurt-am-main where we 
had a four hour wait and then on to Manchester, I must congratulate Loft 
Hansa as they only managed to damage one of the zips on one of the cases and 
break the tags on the zips on the other.
So that is that
I went to the Nazi Rally site and stood on the rostrum but nobody turned up 
not one drum or flag but that is life see photo
Regards Chris 







	



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 Hello Chris,

 Glad to hear that you have returned safely from your most recent
 occupation of the Fatherland. You are obviously somewhat of a trend setter
 as the BBC did an item on the Nurenberg Christmas market only yesterday
 and included all the locations in your attached photos - I found myself
 watching very closely in case you were to be seen hovering in the
 background but to no avail.

 At least the weather was kind to you. Just imagine how different your trip
 would have been if you had the weather that JW is currently enjoying in NY
 State (view his webcam for a taste of olde Christmas flavour). Some years
 ago one of my business trips had me visit Carribu in Maine at about this
 time of year. Our factory visit schedulers had a warped sense of humour -
 my was it it cold! The runway was just one sheet of ice but the commuter
 pilots were quite used to these conditions an just carried on regardless.
 If we hadn't had reverse thrust on landing we would have slid into Canada
 and next day, when taking off, the pilot obviously forgot to release the
 brakes as the wheel that I could see didn't start to go round until we
 were on the point of lift off.

 Our house move has stalled for the moment. It now looks as if we will be
 here until the New Year. With so much packed into boxes our house is a
 minimalist's paradise and secretly I like it that way. It will make for an
 interesting Christmas as guests will be invited to bring their own dishes
 and cutlery if they want to eat cooked food.

 Have a good Christmas,

 Mike



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If you have any news, stories or latest events you'd like to share I would 
very much like to hear from you, especially if you served at the same time as me 
in Blandford or Arborfield about 1958, or in Napier Barracks between 1959 and 1966. 
Or maybe if you're looking for somebody already in these pages?

My very grateful thanks to John Bosher and Mick Toogood, whose valuable assistance and
encouragement drove me to start this, to Chris Fagan for some technical and 
personnel details, and to those of you who have contributed photos, stories and personal memories. 

Also, many thanks for contributions from children of the members who served with us 
but who are no longer with us. 






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