2537 - Verona, Verona, Italy

The writer of the card is Sicilian, but lives in Verona, which is in the northern part of Italy. The card is from the sender's home town of Siracusa (Syracuse).

Like most places in Italy, Syracuse has ancient beginnings. It was settled by Corinthian Greeks in the 8th century BCE. Over the centuries the city has been sacked for foreign forces, destroyed by natural disaster, besieged

by foreign and domestic forces, and has changed hands many times.

Today, Syracuse has about 125 000 residents and a variety of historical sites. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

ASD Siracusa is Syracuse's football teams and plays in the Eccellenza, the fifth-level of Italian football. There are 464 teams in 28 divisions divided geographically over all 20 regions of Italy. Division winners are promoted to Serie D, the top level of non-professional football in Italy and is comprised of 172 in nine divisions.

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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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