3329 - Kyiv, Ukraine

A beautiful card from Kyiv. There is a poem on the back, but it is in Ukrainian, and the illustrator is also Ukrainian.

I am going to copy and paste the first couple of paragraphs from the sender's biography:

My name is Valeriya. I live in Ukraine in Kyiv. Surely you have heard about Ukraine because there is a war going on here. We live by these terrible events, living here. Sometimes we hide in basements from bombings, sometimes we don't even react to the sounds of rockets. In Kyiv, life goes on, and restaurants and cafes work all kinds of services. Of course, everything is not like in peacetime, we have a curfew, and every day they turn off the electricity for several hours. It happens that after a rocket attack, there is no electricity for several days. So in Kyiv. But of course not in all of Ukraine, because some cities have been wiped off the face of the earth. My family was in no way touched by the horrors of loss. God bless. But many of my friends and acquaintances suffered because of the war, and some are no longer alive. Surely you have heard all this about Ukraine, but still, I want to tell you about it!
As for me, of course, I love my country, it is beautiful, and I hope that you will visit here and see for yourself after the end of the war. My stepdaughter and I decided to start such a wonderful hobby as Postcrossing. I did this before as a student and just loved receiving and poisoning postcards.

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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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