Have you been able to positively identify the location of the NAAFI restaurant, that with the 'IN VINO VERITAS" motto?
And the YMCA where you used to take your weekly laundry?
And, finally, the 'ANTICA..." restaurant where they gave you a fine dinner in exchange for a tin of 50 "SENIOR SERVICE"?
Hi Mac
Glad you like the snaps.
With regards to my research, only one positive success out of three, I'm afraid.
I always do an early morning walk (between 7am and 8am) even when on holiday, and I did try so hard to spot where the YMCA was. I found a couple of older type buildings in Viale XX Settembre that
could have been the spot and I certainly found the Zampoli ice cream bar.
The NAAFI I also couldn't recognise and despite
much searching I couldn't locate the restaurant at all despite walking the length of Via Carducci several times.
I still give myself 10 out of ten for the Goldoni tunnel picture !
I also did a guided tour of the Synagogue and was able to give them some information about when the Germans left explosives there before leaving the city.
I am so pleased I was able to return to Trieste and show Nita what it looked like.
Ciao
Ron
As a British soldier, I was stationed in the Trieste area from October 1945 until January 1947