2564 - Montréal, Québec, Canada

A beautiful card from Christine from Montréal, but it is a photo from Québec City. The hotel atop the hill is the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac. It has a beautiful view of the St. Lawrence River. I visited here several years ago and absolutely loved this part of Québec City.

Château Frontenac was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1893. It is one of the most photographed hotels in North America, if not the world.

Below Château Frontenac is Old
Québec. It feels like you are in Europe here with the cobblestone streets and stone buildings. South of the Château Frontenac is the Plains of Abraham. It is here where an important battle took place between the French defenders of Québec and the British during the Seven Years' War. General James Wolfe and General Montcalm squared off on the field with he British coming away with the victory and eventually the entire colony of New France. Both Wolfe and Montcalm died during the battle (Montcalm was mortally wounded and died the next day). Many Canadian historians call this the turning point in Canadian history.

If you get a chance, visit Québec City!

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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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