4394 - Kuopio, North Savo, Finland

The sender is a hockey fan who is especially passionate about KalPa (Kalevan Pallo). The team competes in the Liiga and plays its home games at Olvi Areena.

KalPa was founded in 1929 as Sortavalan Palloseura in Sortavala and relocated to Kuopio in 1945 after the area was annexed by the Soviet Union. Originally, the club focused on sports such as football, bandy, and Pesäpallo. Ice hockey was introduced later, with the team beginning competition in 1947.

Former National Hockey League players Sami Kapanen (50.5%) and Kimmo Timonen (8%) are majority owners, with Scott Hartnell holding a 5% stake.

KalPa won the Liiga championship (the Kanada-malja) in the 2024–25 season. They were runners-up in 1990–91 and 2016–17, and finished third in 2008–09. The club also won the Mestis (Finland’s second-highest professional league) in 2003–04 and 2004–05, and captured the Spengler Cup in 2018. Their U20 team has also found success, winning the Liiga A-juniors championship in 2007–08 and 2017–18.

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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.

3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

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