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My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.

I was very fortunate to grow up with parents who love to travel, so I traveled from a young age. My dad's a heart surgeon and goes to conferences all over the world. By the time I was seven, I traveled outside the country for the first time. We went to Paris. The next year, we went to London, and then Brussels.

When I was flying to Rome, we flew over London; I felt like bursting into tears. It's part of me, so I can't leave London behind for good.

I always loved being in London and being near my parents.

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunites.

London was my first Olympics. It was my dream to get there, and I literally had the time of my life.

I love London. I love England. We were out in the countryside and I had the time of my life.

I grew up in a small place and left it when I was quite young and entered the bigger world.

I grew up in Zimbabwe in Southern Africa, and I moved to London when I was 17. And I started commuting and, actually, to go to college. And I used to really enjoy that part of my journey where the - it was actually a Tube train, but it was over ground, and it went right past the backs of people's houses, and I could actually see right in.

On March 4th, 1830, I arrived in London, where a new world seemed opened to me.