3411 - Seoul, South Korea

Myeong-dong 명동 is a neighbourhood of Seoul. It is one of Seoul's main shopping, parade route, and tourism districts. There are about 3400 people that live in this district.

The Myeongdong Cathedral is a popular tourist attraction here. It's actual name is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception 천주교 서울대교구 주교좌 명동대성당. It is the national cathedral of the Archiocese of Seoul. The Archbishop of Seoul is Peter Chung-Soon
taick 정순택 베드로. The Myeongdong Cathedral was started in 1892 and construction was complete by 1898. In August of 2014, Pope Francis presided over the Holy Mass at the Cathedral that was attended by former Korean President Park Geun Hye and seven comfort women who had survived the Japanese occupation of Korea in World War II. Comfort women were women forced into sexual servitude to Japanese soldiers.

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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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