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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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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