3919 - Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

The sender is from Mülheim an der Ruhr, a city on the Ruhr with about 170 000 people.

The card comes from New York City and is a photo of the clock of the Grand Central Terminal. The Grand Central Terminal is a commuter train terminal locked in Midtown Manhattan. It is the southern terminus of the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven Lines, which serve the northern parts of the New York Metropolitan Area. There is also a connection to the Long Island Rail Road. It is the third busiest train station in North America, behind New York Penn Station and Toronto Union Station.

It is a U. S. National Historic Landmark. There are many works of art incorporated in and around the station. It is the world's ten most-visited tourist attractions, with 21.6 million visitors in 2018. This does not include train and subway passengers. Its been featured in many films and television programmes. In the building is a library, event Hall, tennis club, control centre, and offices for the railroad.

There are 44 train platforms for six tracks. There are 67 tracks, 57 of which are passenger tracks (30 on the upper level and 26 on the lower level).

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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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