2521 - Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom

I love these reproduction of travel cards. This one is a reproduction created by the Great Western Railway for Cornwall. The Canadian Pacific Rail in also known for creating these great cards about stops on their lines.

Emma is from Bournemouth, a coastal town on the south coast of England, of about 184 000 people. Its a fairly new town, in British terms, as it was founded in 1810 by Lewis Tregonwell. He originally marketed the new town as a health resort. It quickly grew when it was featured in an 1841 book called The Spas of England, and then the railway arrived in 1870.

AFC Bournemouth plays in the Championship (the football association's second highest level of football in England). The Cherries, as they are known as, played in the Premier League between 2015-2020. They were relegated back the Championship in 2020 despite defeating Everton 3-1, but needed help from some other teams to remain in the Premiership; help they didn't get.

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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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