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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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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