3207 - Aussois, Savoie, France

The card says "Many kisses to all the family." Aussois is located in the French Alps, near the border of Italy. In fact, near Aussois is the
Fréjus Road Tunnel, which links France and Italy. The tunnel is 13 km long and started in 1974. It was completed in 1980 making it the 13th longest tunnel in the world.

There is a toll to use the tunnel. As of January 2023, it costs 51.50 Euros for a single car. If you use the tunnel a lot, you can get 50 passes for 266.70 Euros. There are also rates for motorcycles, recreation vehicles, and semi-trucks.

In 2000, in order to improve safety in the tunnel, a strict 70 km/h speed limit and a safe distance of 150 m between vehicles was imposed. The tunnel has closed four times due to accidents in the tunnel, the worst being the death of two Slovak truck drivers. Their death and the resulting fire caused the tunnel to be closed to cars until 4 August 2005 (2 months).

Aussois is a popular ski resort in the winter. It is also a popular summer destination. The ski resort offers 55 km of slopes.

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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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