3183 - Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

The sender detailed her day for me and it started with a workout, and ended with a walk. Since she is into physical activity, I thought I would look at sports or meets in Hanover and the EC Hannover Indians caught my eye.

The EC Hannover were established in 1948 as ESG Hannover. The Indians nickname was first used in 2004. The play in the Oberliga - the third tier of ice hockey - in the North Division in Germany. Hannover actually has two teams, the second being the Hannover Scorpions.

Two Canadians play for the Indians - Matthew Pistilli from Montreal, and Jayden Schubert from Abbotsford.

Pistilli played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and was un-drafted. He was signed by the Carolina Hurricanes in 2009. He played with their farm team in the East Coast League. He also played with the South Carolina Stingrays, the Charlotte Checkers, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, and Norfolk Energy. He then signed with the Danish club Esbjerg Energy in 2015.

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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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