3117 - Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

The sender must have visited New York City and picked up this card from Times Square.

Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighbourhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is the junction of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street. It is brightly lit all the time by billboards and advertisements as well as businesses that are open 24 hours a day. The Broadway Theatre District is also located here. It draws about 50 million tourists a year.

It was once known as Longacre Square, but was renamed in 1904 when the New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly erected Times Building, now One Times Square. This is the site of the famous New Year's Eve ball drop which attracts a million people a year.

Between the 1960s and early 1990s, Times Square was not a great place to be. High crime as well as go-go bars, sex shops, peep shows, and adult theatres were infamous symbols of the city's decline.

Today it is estimated that 22 cents for every tourist dollar spent is spent in Times Square.

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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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