3588 - San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

San Antonio is the seventh largest city in the United States with 1.5 million people. It is also the oldest municipality in Texas. It celebrated it's 300th anniversary in 2018. It has been a part of five different countries. It started out in the Spanish Empire until 1821. It belonged to Mexico until 1945. It became a part of the Republic of Texas until 1845. Joined the United States until 1861 when it joined the Confederate States of America. After the American Civil War was over, it went back to the United States.

The San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association is the only major professional sport here. They were founded as the Dallas Chaparrals in the defunct American Basketball Association from 1967 to 1973. The franchise moved to San Antonio in 1973. In 1976, the Spurs were one of four ABA teams to merge with the NBA, the others being Denver, Indiana, and New York Nets.

The Spurs have been NBA champions five times - 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014. They have only lost one NBA championship series, that in 2013 to the Miami Heat.

Their alltime leading scorer in Tim Duncan with 26 496 points. Duncan also has franchise bests in most minutes played (47 368 minutes), most rebounds (15 091 rebounds), and most blocks (3020 blocks). He is third in career assists with 4225 assists. Duncan was also the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2002 and 2003; NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 1999,2003, and 2005; NBA Rookie of the Year in 1998

The last five seasons have not been kind to the Spurs. They have missed the last five playoffs. The last two years they tied themselves having an identical 22 wins and 60 losses for a winning percentage of .268.

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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