3547 - Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

The sender is a doctor originally from central Florida, but lives in
Charleston. I am assuming she is a doctor now as she mentions she was a soprano in an a capella group throughout medical school.

The photo is of Raymond James Stadium (nicknamed "Ray Jay"), home of the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the University of South Florida Bulls football team. Raymond James is the name of Raymond James Financial, the holder of the naming rights for the stadium. They hold that right until 2028.

It was finished in 1998 and used public money to build it at a cost of $168.5 million ($303 million in 2022). It can seat almost 70 000 spectators, but can be expanded to 75 000 people. The stadium's record attendance in 74 512 people who came to watch the College Football Playoff National Championship Game in 2017 between the Clemson Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide. The Tigers won the game 35-31.

The Raymond James Stadium has also host three Super Bowls:

Super Bowl XXXV in 2001 - Baltimore Ravens 34 - New York Giants 7
Super Bowl XLIII in 2009 - Pittsburgh Steelers 27 - Arizona Cardinals 23
Super Bowl LV in 2020 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 - Kansas City Chiefs 9

In Super Bowl LV, the Buccaneers became the first team in NFL history to play and to win a Super Bowl on their home field. It was Tampa Bay's second Super Bowl victory. Their first was in 2002 at Super Bowl XXXVII where they defeated the Oakland Raiders 48-21.

Raymond James has also hosted 72 000 people for a U2 concert in 2009, and sold out all three shows for Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour.

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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