2545 - Beesel, Limburg, Netherlands

Beesel is a town of about 1725 people and is found along the river Meuse and fairly close to the German border.

The Netherlands there is something called Dutch (Toer) Skating. The Royal Netherlands Skating Union organizes this. Skaters must follow marked routes on frozen canals and lakes, The Elfstedentocht is a long distance tour skating event on natural ice and is almost 200 km long. The event is both a speed skating event and a leisure tour event. It takes place in the province of Friesland and goes past all eleven historical cities of the province. It only takes place when the ice is at least 15 cm think and one time there was a 20 year gap between events. Often time the tour is announced and may start within 48 hours. The last Elfstedentocht was in 1997 and won by Henk Angenent in 6 hours and 49 minutes, while Klasina Seinstra was the ladies winner with a time of 7 hours and 49 minutes and 11 seconds..

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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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