Archive for December, 2005
United by the hand of destiny
Saturday, December 10th, 2005
Fate worked in mysterious ways to bring Jean Fitzgerald and Felipe Reitz together
Writes Sarah Caden
Jean FitzGerald speaks quietly but firmly, her accent just about impossible to pin down. She speaks carefully, as though English is a language she has learned as an adult but, in fact, she is a native of Kildare, her unusual hybrid accent, which some think antipodean, Spanish or even German, is due to an adult life away from Ireland, but must also have something to do with her Brazilian fiancé Felipe Reitz.
They share a clear, deliberate and soothing manner of speech. Some couples are striking for their similarities, some for their drastic differences, but with Jean FitzGerald and Felipe Reitz, it’s about being complementary. In every way.
Felipe Reitz was practising Tai Chi in London’s Regent Park When Jean approached him. She had been intrigued by the sight of him practising this martial art alone in the park and approached in the hope of learning more. And that was that. “He taught me a little,” says Jean. (more…)