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We love this story from Mariana P. and her friend Melanie!
"I have always been interested in Germany and the German language and I entered Interpals to find natives to talk to. I met Melanie on 2012, she was the one who sent me a message first. She's totally different from the image people have of Germans. I am Brazilian (known as super warm and friendly) and she totally overcomes me on that. To be honest, at first I didn't put much faith into the friendship, but then we started to skype very often and she quickly became my best friend. I thought I would be the one to visit her first due to my interests for Germany, but last year we were looking into flights and she found out that flights to Brazil weren't as expensive as we thought. However, she came to visit me in September 2013 and spent 20 days in my house! They were some of the best days of my life and I reeeeeeally miss her now! I met her entire family over Skype and I even feel part of them, her parents sent me videos wishing me happy birthday. Next year I am going to visit her and we will make an Eurotrip together, it'll be amazing! Thank you Interpals, for giving me this awesome friend and this amazing experience!!