2388 - Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland

Jyväskylä is a Finnish city nicknamed the "Athens of Finland" because it is considered Finland's education centre. It is also one of the fastest growing cities of Finland. In 1940, there were only 8000 residents, whereas today there are almost 144 000.

Rally Finland in Jyväskylä started in 1951 and is one of the biggest attractions in all the Scandanavian countries attracting hundreds of thousands of people to Jyväskylä. Rally Finland is on the World Rally Championship circuit.

Rally Finland is known for its smooth and wide gravel roads, numerous big jumps (called yumps), and blind crests. The high number of jumps led to the nickname of "The Rally of a Thousand Jumps." The roads in Rally Finland are considered the best in the World Rally Championship.

Finnish drivers have dominated Rally Finland. The current champions, however, are from Great Britain. Welsh drive Elfyn Evan, and his co-driver, Scott Martin drove a Toyoya Yaris WCR. They defeated the previous two time champions from Estonia, Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja by 14.1 seconds (2:19:13.7 hours).

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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 witness i

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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