2276 - La Rochelle, France

Sandrine sent her card in an envelope. I'm usually not a big fan of getting cards in envelopes, but sometimes people put something like a coin in the envelope (not this time). Instead, Sandrine coloured a picture on the envelope. The stamp she used was also a sports related stamp of a pole vaulter.

Sandrine's city, La Rochelle, was hit hard by a big storm, named Xynthia. For three days the streets were flooded and Sandrine reports she was terrified.

La Rochelle has about 75 000 people and more than 1000 years of history. The Latin form of the name of La Rochelle was first used in 961, however, Gauls and Romans both lived in the areas centuries before that.

The Germans used La Rochelle as a submarine base during the Second World War. It was also the last French city to be liberated from the Germans on 7 May 1945. French soldiers entered the city the next day. The U-boat pens still exist and were used in the movie Das Boot and in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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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...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2346 - Iwate, Iwate, Japan

Keita is a junior high science teacher in Iwate 岩手町. He sent me a photo of the Tokyo Sky Tower during a fireworks display. The Tokyo Sky Tower is a broadcasting and observation tower in Simide, a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010. In 2011, when it was completed at a height of 634 meters, it became the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

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