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4158 - Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

The sender is a SC Freisburg supporter but loves to visit other football stadiums when travelling. This one comes from Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the home stadium for the Heart of Midlothian Football Club, affectionally known as Hearts.  Tynecastle Park, or Tynie, can seat almost 20 000 spectators for football. It first opened in 1886, and then went through a major renovation between 1994-1997, and then underwent another renovation in 2017. The Hearts are as older as they were formed in 1874.  Hearts have won the Scottish Premiership four times and were runner-up 14 times. They won the Scottish Cup eight times and were runner-up nine times.  They have won the Scottish League Cup four times and were runner-up three times. 
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4157 - Helsinki, Finland

A great card from the 2012 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)world championships, in which Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden co-hosted.  Russia went on the win the championship with a 6-2 win over Slovakia, Russia's Evgeni Malkin was named the tournament most valuable player. In the bronze medal game, the Czech Republic defeated Finland 3-2. Canada was knocked out in the quarter-finals by the Slovakians, 4-3. 
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4156 - Pleasanton, California, United States

This card shows Sutro Heights Park around 1900. It is located above the Cliff House in the Lands End area. Then sender says there is an elegant and old lawn bowling green that was a big mystery to me when I was a kid - why did it look like it should be more fun than it seemed people were having?
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4155 - Schlüchtern, Hesse, Germany

Schlüchtern is a city of 16 000 people, located on the banks of the river Kinzig. Documents first mention  Schlüchtern in 1278. There is an earlier mention in 819, but it is disputed. It was around this time when a Benedictine abbey was established.  This card has an illustration from the children's book The Day Adam Got Mad  by Astrid Lindgren. Adam is a bull who is normally a quiet and peaceful bull. One day he gets furious and no one knows why. People are afraid of Adam except for a young boy, Kalle. Kalle talks gently to Adam and at first Adam doesn't want to listen. But Kalle persists and eventually Adam allows him to gently pet him. Adam is no longer mad and Kalle walks him back to the stable. 
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4154 - Lahti, Päijät-Häme, Finland

Lahti is home to the Lahti Pelicans, who play in the Liiga, Finland's top professional hockey league. The Pelicans were established in 1996 and play in Isku Areena. Pasi Nurminen, a former Finnish National Hockey League players is one of the owners. Valtteri Bottas, a Formula One driver, is another owner.  Lahti has not had a lot of success in Liiga and haven't made it to the Kanada-malja yet (playoff finals). There are currently two Canadians on the team. Wyatt Kalynuk, from Brandon, Manitoba, and Josh Lawrence from Fredericton, New Brunswick. 
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4153 - Schaffhausen, Switzerland

A great card of a medical heliocopter bring medical supplies and medical professionals to Chillon Castle in Veytaux. Chillon Castle is built on the island of Chillon, a small, steep-side oval limestone rock on Lake Geneva. Chillon Island has had a fortification on it since the 11th century. A restoration of the castle began in the late 1800s and became a draw tourists and romantic writers and poets from around the world. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Shelley, and Lord Byron are some of the names who spent time at the castle. Today, it attracts about 300 000 tourists. 
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4152 - Oakland, California, United States

The San Francisco cable car system was established in 1873. Twenty-three cable car lines were established between 1873 and 1890 - three of these lines still run today. Most people who use the cable cars now-a-days are tourists. Commuters use modern public system methods. San Francisco's cable cars are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with one street railways named as National Historic Landmarks. 
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