3638 - Welshpool, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom

The sender is a big rugby fan, specifically, the Welsh National Team. They play out of the stadium on the card - Principality Stadium (Stadiwm Principality) in Cardiff.

Principality Stadium is the national stadium in Wales and home to the Welsh Rugby Team and Welsh Football Team. The stadium was originally built to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Since then, it has hosted many big events such as the Tsunami Relief Concert, the Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, the FA Cup, as well as football matches during the 2012 Summer Olympics. Taylor Swift played the stadium on 18 June 2024 as part of her The Eras Tour.

Principality can hold almost 74 000 people for rugby and football. The most people in the stadium was just over 78 000 for the Anthony Joshua versus Carlos Takam boxing matching on 28 October 2017.

The sender is from Welshpool, a market town of about 6000 people. In the Welsh language, the town is called Y Trallwng, which translates to "the marshy or sinking land."

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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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