Unwelcome in Italy

That wasn’t too pleasant. That was a completely different lifestyle, food, language. You weren’t particularly welcome, you know, but we got by. Had no real problems, but after what we, like, Camp Borden after enjoying Camp Borden and all the rest it was difficult to be in a place where you aren’t really welcome, you know. They didn’t abuse you in any way, but a lot of them let you know that they wish you were gone, you know. Well, I’m not talking about just me. I’m talking about the Canadian Forces were not really welcome there and, let’s say they felt closer to Germans then to Canadians. The Italians. They felt closer to Germans. There were a lot of places we couldn’t go out at night. They wouldn’t let you out at night and this kind of stuff for fear that something might happen, you know.