The sender is from Zossen , just south of Berlin , but was vacationing on Rügen , the largest island in northeastern Germany . Rügen is a popular tourist destination, known for its distinctive resort architecture, diverse landscapes, and long sandy beaches. It attracts many outdoor enthusiasts, particularly windsurfers, kite surfers , and surfers. Cycling is also very popular, with a circular path that runs around the entire island. Even local buses are equipped with bicycle carriers, making it easy to explore the island on two wheels.

This card was sent from Milan, but features three communes in Piedmont, the region in northwest Italy.  Bollengo is a commune about 50 kilometres northeast of Turin. There are about 2200 people who live here. Shown in the photo is Bollengo's ancient castle.  Piverone is also about 80 kilometres northeast of Turin. There are about 1400 residents.  Burolo is also about 50 kilometres northeast of Turin. 1100 people call Burolo home.  

A card from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park featured black bears. On the back it reads, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the few remaining places in the eastern United States where black bears live in wild, natural surroundings. Approximately 1500 bears live in the Smokies, and inhabit all elevations of the park. 

Almost 40 000 people call Sneek home. It is located in northern Netherlands. They have their own dialect of Dutch called Snekers. One of the popular tourist sites is the Waterpoort, or Hoogendster Pijp. It is a water gate and a defensive wall that connect the city to the harbour. The Waterpoor in Sneek was built as part of a defensive wall being built around Sneek. Most of the defensive walls were demolished in the 18th century but the Waterpoort was left intact. 

The sender is a hockey fan who is especially passionate about KalPa (Kalevan Pallo). The team competes in the Liiga and plays its home games at Olvi Areena . KalPa was founded in 1929 as Sortavalan Palloseura in Sortavala and relocated to Kuopio in 1945 after the area was annexed by the Soviet Union . Originally, the club focused on sports such as football, bandy, and Pesäpallo . Ice hockey was introduced later, with the team beginning competition in 1947. Former National Hockey League players Sami Kapanen (50.5%) and Kimmo Timonen (8%) are majority owners, with Scott Hartnell holding a 5% stake. KalPa won the Liiga championship (the Kanada-malja) in the 2024–25 season. They were runners-up in 1990–91 and 2016–17, and finished third in 2008–09. The club also won the Mestis (Finland’s second-highest professional league) in 2003–04 and 2004–05, and captured the Spengler Cup in 2018. Their U20 team has also found success, winning the Liiga A-juniors championship in 2007–08 and ...

There have been Neanderthal artifacts found at Lüneburg. During the building of an autobahn in the 1990s, 56 axes that were carbon dated at 150 000 years old were found. It is felt the site was probably a hunting location where Neanderthal skinned and butchered the animals they had caught.  The sender says she is 18 and is going to college to be a veterinarian's assistant. She shares one story, and I'm not sure if it just a bad joke, or it is actually a situation she has encountered at a vet's office, where she says "we had a dog that had a fishing hook in his chest. The owner simply caught his dog fishing." There is a smiley face so I think this might be a bad joke, :)