2471 - Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

I received a beautiful card of a watercolour from Hanzhou. I can't read the sender's name, nor is information about the artist included in English.

The writer is from Wenzhou 温州, a city of 3.6 million people; 9.5 million in the metropolitan area.

In 1995 Wenzhou was given the title of "City of Chess" by China Qiyuan, the agency responsible for all board games and card games in China. Ye Rongguang, Zhu Chen, and Ding Liren are all Chinese grandmasters from Wenzhou.

Zhu Chen became a grandmaster in 1999, becoming the seventh woman to do so. Grandmaster is a title bestowed by the International Chess Federation and is the highest title a chess player can achieve. The title is held for life, but in a few instances, has been revoked for cheating. Zhu married Qatari Grandmaster Mohamad Al-Modiahki and became a Qatari citizen in 2006. She now represents Qatar at competitions.

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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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