2465 - Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium

Chantal is a cyclist. This card, she writes, she bought in France last weekend after spending eight days travelling 600 km on her bike. The card is a photo of the lighthouse of La Jument (Le hare de la Jument).

The lighthouse of la Jument is built on a rock about 300 m from the coast of the island of Ushant. It is one of two lighthouses located the north west part of France, off the coast of Brittany. It's a area known to be rugged and dangerous, but is heavily trafficked. Severe weather during much of the year is also a hazard. It was listed as a historic monument in 2017.

The building of la Jument was planned after the wreck of the SS Drummond Castle in 1896. Around 250 people perished in the wreck. The capital for the project was financed by a wealthy French citizen who almost died in a separate wreck.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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

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!

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