3336 - Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Neuss is a city on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. It is famous for its historic Roman sites. In fact, Neuss, along with Trier, share the title of "Germany's Oldest City." In 1984, Neuss celebrated the 2000th anniversary of its founding in 16 BCE.

The writer is a retired high school teacher and mentions he played basketball in Germany and England. I thought that Neuss might have a professional or semi-professional basketball team, but they apparently don't. Düsseldorf does, though. The SG ART Giants Düsseldorf are a professional basketball club and play in the second tier of German basketball, ProA. The Giants were created when ART Düsseldorf and the Giants Düsseldorf merged. The current teams consists of seven Germans, a Swede, four Americans, and a Croatian. The team mascot is a gorilla.

This card is from the nearby town of Kempen. This photo is of Alstadt (old town) in Kempen. Kempen was first mentioned in documents in 1186.

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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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