Guiliana Silveira
Guiliana went to England to take a two-week
course
for foreign teachers of English, but ended up staying for ten years. “I fell in love with London and decided to stay there!” she explains. “I remember the first time I went to Camden Town, I was just
in awe of
all the different looks. You can
dress down
, be
eccentric
, be a
punk
, and no one
bats an eyelid
." Another
aspect
of London life that Guiliana found different was its
multi-cultural population
. “I've never seen so many different
nationalities
, and from places I'd never heard of! People seemed to
co-exist
really well then, whereas now I feel that people are a bit more suspicious of each other. That's a pity.” Guiliana was also
astounded
by the number of
thrift shops
in the high streets. “It's not very common at all in Brazil to buy used stuff. You donate it to high schools and they take it to the poor. For me, that was quite unique to London.”