A UK immigrant's perspective ... does it sound familiar?

Janet · 27th July 2007, 02:45

I've just found THIS, and it really touched a chord as an immigrant's perspective ... a Mexican in the UK ... and it says something nice about the UK too

Hookie · 27th July 2007, 12:45

What beautiful letters Janet. It just shows you that pre-conceived ideas (which we all have to a certain extent) are often way off reality. She went out and made an effort, just as we all living here should be doing.

enfermera · 27th July 2007, 14:54

That is lovely and you can hear yourself saying the same things but in reverse: uK versus spain - food, supermarkets, freshness of food, selection of stuff, doing things you didnt think you were capable of, seeing your kids in traditional dress.
Thanks for that one

Karen1234 · 27th July 2007, 19:30

It really is a touching story. I would have loved to have read all the letters and the responses back. Nice to know someone likes the UK - whoops, no I didn't mean that at all - what I meant was she was not moaning about it, she has settled there, despite her husband losing his job and decided to stay on.