The sender is from Hanau, a city of 102 000 people and is a part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. The railway station is a major junction and their is a port of the river Main. Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm - the Brothers Grimm - were born here. They, of course, are well known folklorests. They popularized stories such as Cinderella, The Frog Prince, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin , and Snow White . Their first collection of folk tales, Children's and Household Tales   was published in 1812. Most of these stories have had the cruelty and violent taken out, not known to many people now as the Walt Disney Company has taken many of them and "Disneyfied" them so that children could watch them. 

I'm catching up to my backlog. This one was sent in November 2023. The sender is from Portland, Oregon, and her card is an inspirational one.  Portland was named after Portland, Maine, which was named after the Isle of Portland. The Isle of Portland is 5 km south of Weymouth, England. The island is only 6 km by 2.7 km and has a population of 13 500 people. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as a part of the Jurassic Coast. Portland Stone, a limestone, has been used in British and world architecture. St. Paul's Cathedral and the United Nations Headquarters used Portland Stone.  Portland Harbour is one of the largest man-man harbours in the world. Stone breakwaters were put into place between 1848 to 1905. A Royal Navy base was established. Royal Navy and NATO ships exercised here until 1995.

A wonderful card with a photo of a bronze wine vessel from the Warring States period in Chinese history. This period of Chinese history took place between 475 BCE to about 221 BCE. During the period the State of Qin annexed each of the other contender states by 221 BCE and started the Qin Dynasty. The 800 year Zhou Dynasty came to an end during this period (256 BCE). 

The sender is from Columbus and has sent one of those great vintage travel posters. This one happens to be for Canadian Pacific for a Great Lakes cruise (5 carefree days for $40 & up). 

It's always great to get a card from Japan that isn't from Tokyo (not that I don't like cards from Tokyo, it just seems like most of the cards come from there). I'm afraid the card is lost at the moment. I guess when you get a year and a half, and 250 cards behind on one's blog, it might happen. Hopefully it will still turn up. Asahikawa  旭川市  is found on Hokkaido  北海道 , which is the large island in Japan's north. The city has a population of about 320 000 people. It belongs to UNESCO's Network of Creative Cities as a Design City in 2019. The Creative Cities Network was launched in 2004 by UNESCO to promote cooperation among cities which have recognized culture and creativity as strategic drivers of sustainable urban development. As of 2022, there are almost 300 cities on the list, from 90 countries.  

This card is a bit of a mind f*ck. A field full of fluffy, white sheep and a sky of fluffy, white clouds. It's pretty cool. The sender is from Boston. I hope she isn't a Bruins supporter. I hate, hate, hate the Boston Bruins.