4574 - Namwon, North Jeolla, South Korea

This is a great first-day cover card commemorating the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games (2024년 동계 청소년 올림픽), held in Gangwon, South Korea. The card highlights cross-country skiing.

The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics brought together more than 1,800 athletes representing 78 countries. Cross-country skiing featured 160 competitors and was held at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre (알펜시아 크로스컨트리 경기장) in Daegwallyeong-myeon.

The five events and their gold medal winners were:

Men's Sprint Freestyle: Federico Pozzi, Italy
Men's 7.5 km Classic: Jakob Moch, Germany
Women's Sprint Freestyle: Elsa Tänglander, Sweden
Women's 7.5 km Classic: Nelli-Lotta Karppelin, Finland
4 × 5 km Mixed Relay: Sarah Hoffman, Jonas Müller, Lena Einsiedler and Jakob Moch, Germany

Germany had the most successful cross-country skiing team, winning two gold and two silver medals. Sweden finished with a gold and a silver, while Finland collected a gold and a bronze.

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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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