My mother was Italian and came to Britain in 1946 when she married my father who was stationed in Italy with the Royal Air Force. My wife\u2019s father was Czech and married her mother in 1942 when he had fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to fly with the wartime RAF. Our son did a degree in International Relations and currently lives and works in Kenya.<\/p>\n
We live in London, the most ethnically diverse city on earth. In our road, our immediate neighbours include Irish, Cypriot, Spanish, Polish, Indian, Pakistani, Lebanese and Filipino. A near neighbour was a Kenyan Asian who was expelled from his country of birth.<\/p>\n
Our postman is Nepalese, our doctor is Indian, our newsagent is Sri Lankan, our dry cleaner is Pakistani, my dentist is Iranian, my hairdresser is Greek Cypriot, and our local cab company is staffed by Tamils.\u00a0Our friends include Jews, Muslims and Hindus and even a few Christians. Our closest friends come from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the United States, South Africa and China.<\/p>\n
I never tire off visiting new countries and experiencing new cultures, So far, I’ve been to 68 other nations and I’d like to visit a few more if I can. It’s a wonderfully diverse world. Let’s celebrate\u00a0that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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