I enjoy meeting people from different cultures, and lately I have started learning some simple Italian. I have lived in China for 22years, and I will be retiring next year and returning to the UK. I want to broaden my friendships before I return to the UK. I love all animals, and have a dog who I adopted, who was a former street dog.I love being out in nature, but I am not a fitness freak. I enjoy playing piano and flute. I enjoy reading and films, and documentaries and dramas about real historical people,social history. I enjoy cycling through rural places, love mountains.I love writing.