2433 - Vladivostok, Primorsky Kral, Russia

This is a meetup card in Vladivostok on 28 August 2021. If I go by the number of rubber stamps and signatures, it looks like 10-11 people came to this meetup.

Vladivostok Владивосто́к is located around the Golden Horn Bay on the Sea of Japan. There are 607 000 people in the city and 812 000 in the metropolitan area.

It was founded in 1860 as a Russian military outpost. In 1872, the main Russian naval base on the Pacific Ocean was transferred here.

Not only is Vladivostok Russia's largest post on the Pacific Ocean, it is also a chief economic, scientific, tourist, and cultural centre of the Russian Far East.

HC Admiral Vladivostok are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Eastern Conference of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). They play at Fetisov Arena, which has a capacity of 7500. Admiral joined the KHL as an expansion team in 2013. There are no Canadians on the roster this season, but there is one American - Josh Kestner from Huntsville, Alabama. Admiral have not won the KHL's championship, and have only made the conference quarterfinals three times, while missing the playoffs four times. Admiral took the 2020-21 season off due to Covid financial concerns.

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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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