2335 - Veldhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

Marjan from Veldhoven sent me a card of Pipo de Clown, a character who was on a popular Dutch television show, and Marjan loved watching his adventures.

Pipo was the lead character in the television show, along with his wife, Mamaloe, and their daughter, Petra. For most of the show they lived in a gypsy trailer in which they travelled around the Netherlands as a circus act and happened to run into adventures. The gypsy trailer was given to him by a gypsy named Felicio in the second series (season).

Pipo ran from 1959 to 1980. He could also be found on records, in movies, and in comics.

For some reason, Pipo reminds me of a Canadian television series that ran in the lates 70s and early 80s called The Littlest Hobo. It was about a German shepherd dog that would travel around Canada and help people in need. At the end of each episode, the people he helped wanted Hobo to stay but Hobo always moved on to the next adventure.

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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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