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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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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