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4230 - Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Many thanks to the sender for creating a lawn bowls card for me. I will, however, take exception to your comment that "it is what we used to call boccia back the 70s." No ma'am, it is not boccia or bocce. There are some similarities, but they are different games. 

3561 - Berlin, Germany

There are a couple of things I would like to highlight on this card. Firstly, this is a night shot of the Brandenburg Gate. It is, of course, one of Berlin's best known landmarks. It was built between 1788 to 1791 under orders of King Frederick William II of Prussia. It is the former city gate and it marked the start of the road from Berlin to Brandenburg an der Havel, which was the capital city of Margraviate of Brandenburg. During the Cold War, the gate marked the division between West Berlin and East Berlin. Today, it is considered a symbol of unity and peace in Europe. Secondly, the postage stamp commemorates the Special Olympics World Games, which were held in Berlin in 2023. At my lawn bowling club, we actually held a regional bocce tournament for teams from Medicine Hat, Calgary, Edmonton, and Whitehorse. One bocce player from this tournament was going to be chosen to represent Canada at the games in Berlin. I wish I could report it was a local bocce player. I'm not sure...