Rwanda: Rewind - When Hand-Written Letters Defined Romance

23 January 2014

"Dear Consolata, nothing compares to you. My body is filled with you for days and days. You are the mirror of the night. I will love you until Lake Kivu dries up. My love for you is a million times taller than Kigali City Towers and a million times sweeter than Inyange juice. Every time I think about you, I see the beauty of Kigali city and the 1000 hills all wrapped in you. I feel homeless without you. You're the shelter of my life. All my joy is go to all corners of the world, dive to the deepest point of the sea and back just for you."

Does this ring a bell in your head? Probably yes. Nothing beat the romance and emotion of a handwritten love letter back in the days.

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