2429 - Bristol, Connecticut, USA

James sent me a card showing an aerial view of both sides of the Niagara Falls. He says the Canadian side is better. He also says its the only time he's been in Canada, which is funny for living so close to the border.

Bristol is located 32 km from Hartford, and about 160 km from New York City. Bristol is where you will find the general studies for ESPN (which is Bristol's largest employer, and is location of Lake Compounce, the United States' oldest continuously operating theme park. Bristol's nickname is the "Mum City" because is was once a leader in chrysanthemum production and still holds the annual Bristol Mum Festival, first held in 1962.

The Bristol Blues, a summer collegiate baseball team, play at Muzzy Field. Muzzy Field was built in 1912 and is one of the oldest ball parks in the United States.

Lake Compounce was opened in 1846 and has a beach and water park called Crocodile Cove. It has the 14th oldest wooden roller coaster in the world. It's newest roller coaster, Boulder Dash, has won the Golden Ticket Award for the #1 Wooden Coaster in the World for five consecutive years.

The original park had a public swimming and rowing lake, a gazebo for lakeside band concerts, and several rides.

Gary Burghoff, Radar O'Rielly from the television show M*A*S*H, was born here

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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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