2539 - Bern, Switzerland

Bern is the de facto capital city of Switzerland: the Swiss call it their "federal city." There are about 144 000 people in Bern founded in the 12th century.

SC Bern, founded in 1931, plays in the National League in Switzerland. It is the top tier of professional hockey in Switzerland. It plays in PostFinance Arena, one of the largest hockey arenas in Europe with just over 17 000 seats. SC Bern averages about 16 000 per game.

SC Bern has won the National League Championship 16 times, the most recent one in 2019. The roster as of March 2020 included two Canadians - Andrew Ebbett and Christian Thomas.

Ebbett, from Vernon, British Columbia, has extensive National Hockey League and American Hockey League experience. His NHL totals include 224 games with 26 goals and 45 assists. He played with Anaheim, Chicago, Minnesota, Phoenix, Vancouver, and Pittsburgh. He also won a bronze medal
playing for Canada at the Pyeongchang, South Korea Olympics in 2018. He played five season with Munich EHC in the German League, Ebbett retired and was named the general manager of SC Bern.

Thomas has played 27 games with the NHL's New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Arizona Coyotes, scoring one goal, and registering two assists. He has 335 career American Hockey League games. He also had stints with Rogle BK in the Swedish Hockey League, Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Kontinental Hockey League, before signed with SC Bern. He also earned a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The sender of the card used an old Canadian stamp to create a clever doodle.

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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