3899 - Indio, California, United States of America

One of the "Greetings from..." cards that I love to receive. I'm not sure how many of them I have. Maybe I should go back and see some time....

This one is coming from Indio, which is in the Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert, about 200 km east of Los Angeles. It is home to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. It began in 2001 and attracts many big names from a variety of musical genres.

What caught my eye in the postcard was the sender mentioned Indio is near the home of the Coachella Valley Firebirds, a professional hockey team. The Firebirds play in the American Hockey League, the second tier of professional hockey in Canada and the United States. It is the affiliate (farm team) for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League. They were founded in 2022 and play in Thousand Palms. In their first two full seasons, the team reached the Calder Cup Finals twice in a row, losing to the Hershey Bears both times: 4 games to 3 in 2022-23; and 4 games to 2 in 2023-24.

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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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