My friends all think that I'm a traditional British person , who still loves afternoon tea - yes please to cucumber sandwiches and watching Agatha Christie .
A couple of them tease me about my love of embroidery .
Antimaccasars this afternoon ?
Some call me Latin .
I asked why .
Latin names of plants , they said unable to contain their laughter !
But -
I'm regularly asked where I come from :
I was born in London and have white British parents though I did spend a great deal of my childhood in Wales and had a strong Welsh accent - no sign of it now .
People don't actually believe me and will ask , but where do you really come from .
My hair was dark auburn and my skin very pale and slightly freckly and my eyes are grey .
I've been told that I speak English very well .Did I learn it at school ? If so , where ?
Do I write it as well ?
Three days ago , a lady asked me I were Eastern European .
Last week , a Pakistani man told me that I look like a Pathan and that's not the first time .
The week before some Afghanis thought that I was Turkish . One of them was quite insistent .
When I explain about the Welsh bit of my heritage -I'm told that it explains it as I'm like Catherine Zeta Jones - well thank you for the compliment !