I grew up in a village in north Brazil: I’ve lived in London for 10 years, I don’t get the opportunity to go back to South America very often, and I certainly miss it a great deal.
So it means the world to me that two friends from my schooldays have been able to come to spend time with me here.
Luis Paulino and Renato Martins are my oldest friends, and I’m so grateful to them for making the long journey to see me. We’re all loving being in London together – I’m making sure they see all of it, from Big Ben to the South Bank to Westminster Abbey to Trafalgar Square.
There’s so much to see here, such a wide variety of cultural experiences. There are so many different kinds of restaurant, compared with the Brazilian countryside.
But we’re also spending time talking about the old days, about our lives when we were children in Brazil – and it’s wonderful to have friends with whom I can do that.
People who go back a long way in your life are so important - you have to cherish them, and be grateful for what they mean.
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