3350 - Shanghai, China

A great official 2008 summer Olympics card photo of the 'Bird's Nest"鸟巢. The Bird's Nest, or the National Stadium 国家体育场 was built with seating for 91 000 and was completed in June 2008. It was also used for the 2022 Winter Olympics, too.

The stadium hosts sporting events. However, it does not have a team that uses it as their home stadium. Beijing Guo'an FC was going to play at the stadium, but they usually only draw about 10 000 spectators for games and thought it would be embarrassing to play in a venue that would only be 15% full.

Despite the lack of a home team, the stadium does host various international and national events and concerts. It also draws 20 000 to 30 000 people a day at 50 yuan (about CDN$9.25) to sightsee. It is a very profitable venue.

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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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