Servus New Zealand,
this is Bavaria, Germany's most awesome big brother. Since I heard you've started this letter thing too, I thought I could say hello. Our homes are so to say on the opposite sides of the globe. What a pity that we hear from each other so rarely.
How are you? Could you recover a little from this awful earthquake's effects? Let me (or my over-eager little brother Germany, since he always rants something like "stop always interfering in my foreign policy, you are not independent anymore and will never be again") know if you need some help. We don't have much experience with earthquakes admittedly, since they are only very rare over here and so light that they're hardly noticeable... But if we can help in some way please don't hesitate to ask.
Pfiadi, Bavaria
Kia ora, Bavaria!
Nice to hear from you, Mate! It's always good to hear from people, even ones who live on the other side of the globe. So, hello~! We'll have to keep in contact from now on!
Ae, i'm getting better, slowly but surely. Goddamn earthquakes always strike when i'm not prepared, and never where I expect them, either! We've started rebuilding now, and the National emergancy has been lifted from the area. I'm able to walk unaided now, because the injury the earthquake caused on my knee is starting to heal. There are still sizeable aftershocks though...Aue. Natural disasters – I'm used to them. The Napier quake in 1931 did more damage, and there's the constant threat of my capital being hit by a HUGE quake at any time. You continental nations are lucky, not having earthquakes! I have so many potential disasters, it's not funny. Earthquakes, volcanoes, flooding, you name it, I've probably got it.
Don't let Germany tell you to stop! Constant pestering keeps him on his toes, and can quite possibly open up the way to independence! It's how Australia, Canada and I graduated from Colony status to independent Dominion status. Not a full independence like America's, because the british monarch is still our head of state, but hey! It must be fun, not having to do work...
Did Germany get into the Rugby World Cup? Either way, you gotta come and watch it, it's awesome!
Hei kona mai,
Tessa Tangimoana Kirkland,
New Zealand