Each letter were songs, stories, interesting questions and interesting nicknames developed into a beautiful friendship.

It has connected not only us, but also our lives and hearts...

She took a plane and drove 200km by car to see... me? Just... me?

He is 60 years older than me, and yet we can still find things to agree upon and share.

I believe that I taught 'Merhaba' word at Turkish language to at least 30 people. It means hello.

Just like many other female citizen of third world country, I was treated like convicting any shameful act.

We stayed few days together in Zagreb, discovering the city, sharing experiences and adventures...

So, after a week of sending letters in Slowly, he asked me to meet up...

Some people go to me to learn some French, and I teach them French with great pleasure!

I didn't expect that anyone will ever talk to me like my first pen pal wrote me.

They have helped me to understand about my own cultural identity – my way of thinking, my way of life. I am a third-generation Nikkei from São Paulo.

This girl two thousand kilometers away, who just wrote to me, a total stranger, here on Slowly, became such a big part of my everyday life.