3952 - Cañon City, Colorado, United States of America

Since I am a year behind on this blog, the sender of this card has moved from a "small town outside of Austin, Texas" to Cañon City in Colorado in that year.

Cañon City is a town of just over 17 000 and is the principle city in the Micropolitan Statistical Area (that's a new one - micropolitan). The Arkansas River flows along the town. Because of this, the town is a popular tourist destination for sightseeing, whitewater rafting, and rock climbing.

Cañon City also is one of the very few towns in the United States to have a tilde in their name (the accent over the n). It was officially changed in 1994 by the United States Board of Geographic Names. The others are: La Cañada Flintridge, California; Española, New Mexico; Peñasco, New Mexico; and Peñitas, Texas.

Cañon City also owns the Royal Gorge Bridge. From 1929 to 2001, it held the record as the world's highest bridge. It spans 384 metres over the Arkansas River at a height of 291 metres. The Liuguanghe Bridge in China surpassed that height in 2001. It then owned the record for the world's highest suspension bridge until 2003 when another Chinese bridge, the Guanxing Highway Bridge was completed. It remains the highest bridge in the United States.

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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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