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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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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