Long Distance Friendships (a letter to a newspaper) To whom it may concern, Following your article on your latest magazine, I would like to share with you and your readers my view on long distance friendships by telling you my story about one of my best friends. Her name is Ermi and she became really meaningful to me. I would like to start putting you into context. I met Ermi two years ago already during my stay in Bonn (Germany). Back then, we were both new in the city and we were sharing the same situation: we were au pairs. That is to say, we did not knew anybody apart from our host families. At the beginning, I was so excited of having met her because I found somebody with whom I could travel, go party... It was some months after when she became a real support to me. While I was struggling missing my dear ones, she was always there offering me a shoulder to cry on and vice versa. Time went on and, we realised that my time in Germany was almost over, however, our friendship was not over. Back in Spain, even if she was busy trying to enrol university, we managed to skype at least once a week. Nevertheless, little by little we stopped skyping so often due to the fact that we could not manage some time inside of our busy schedules. Nonetheless, we always manage to travel together at least once a year. As the Coldplay song 'The Scientist' mentions 'nobody said it was easy'. However, I appreciate how when we meet each other ir seems like the time did not pass by between us. Plus, anytime we need each other, we are there, even if it is behind a screen. In conclusion, distance means so little when someone means so much. I really hope you enjoyed our story, and take it as a reference if you are about living far from your friends. Best regards, Vanesa