3355 - Pensacola, Florida, United States of America

Pensacola is old by North American standards. It was first settled by the Spanish in 1559 when conquistador and explorer, Tristán de Luna y Arellano, landed here with about 1500 on 11 ships. They had come from Veracruz, Mexico to establish an outpost. Later that year a hurricane decimated the outpost and killed a number of sailor and colonists, sank six ships, and ruined supplies.

Today Pensacola has a population of about 55 000 people, but are a part of the Pensacola Metropolitan Area which has about 500 000 people.

Pensacola is nicknamed The City of Five Flags because five different governments have ruled it: Spain, France, Great Britain, the United States, and the Confederate State of America. It also has the nickname of The World's Whitest Beaches because the sand of this area of Florida is white.

Pensacola Beach, from where this card is from, is an unincorporated community on Santa Rosa Island, just south of Pensacola. It has about 2750 residents.

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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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