2308 - Hong Kong, China

Andrew sent me a tourist card of a street in the Wan Chai District 灣仔區 of Hong Kong 香港.

The Wan Chai District has 153 000 people and is a very affluent district of Hong Kong. Twenty percent of residents have liquid assets of HKD$1 million. The district is considered to be the heart of Hong Kong and represents the epitome of the Hong Kong lifestyle. It has a well established art centre, large exhibition and conference complexes, luxury apartments, five-star hotels, shopping malls, metropolitan office towers, and a large government building cluster.

Wan Chai also has a mosque and several cemeteries of different faiths. The noisy district is 5 minutes away from Bowen Drive, which is popular
with politicians, movie stars, and government officials who go for a jog or a walk.

Wan Chai also has a great number of bars and strip joints in its red light district. It is a popular place for tourists and USN sailors.

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3227 - Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Mölln is a small city of about 20 000 located in northern Germany. The Elbe-Lübeck Canal flows through the town, and there are eight small lakes that surround the city. It was founded in the 12th century and was a part of the Old Salt Route. Salt that was produced in the salt mines of Lower-Saxony was shipped to the Baltic Sea. Till Eulenspiegel, a legendary trickster known for exposing vices and provoking thought, is said to have lived in Mölln the last year of his life. He apparently died of the plague in 1350, but his existence has never been proven. Mölln has several monuments dedicated to him.

3322 - Hamburg, Germany

Happy birthday to me! What a lovely handmade card from the sender. Beautiful penmanship. Am Rothenbaum is the site of the main court of the German Open Tennis Championships. The International German Open has been played at the Rothernbaum since 1892, making it Germany's longest running tennis tournament. The current stadium was built in 1999 and can hold 13 200 people.

3232 - Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America

The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead Light was built in 1882. There were nine keepers of the light until 1897. It was redesigned in 1903 and is 12 meters high. The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was started in 1872 and wasn't opened for large-scale watercraft until 1890. The canal is 2.1 kilometers long that goes from Sturgeon Bay in Lake Michigan to Green Bay. There are no locks on this canal. The canal was sold to the United States government in 1893 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains the canal.

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