3416 - Stadthagen, Lower Saxony, Germany

A neat card of various old time racing cars. These are the open cockpit ones. F1 racing seems to be huge in Europe and several European Postcrossers have mentioned who their favourite team/driver are. I have to admit that I do not enjoy watching racing cars. I find it boring to watch on television. However, a former colleague of mine travelled to Daytona (I think) with her husband several years ago to watch a big NASCAR race. She said that the race is only one part of the experience as fans were allowed to go see the cars up close and there were many activities that they could participate in. To each their own, I suppose.

Stadthagen is a city of about 22 000 people and is the capital city of the district of Schaumburg. Count Adolf III of Holstein created Stadthagen in 1224. Apparently it was near an important trade and military route. It was called a few different names until 1378 when it was named Stadthagen.

Coal mining started in 1501 and continued until 1961.

Under the Nazis, the synagogue in Stadthaden was burned down during Kristallnacht. Twice Stadthagen was bombed by the RAF. In all two bombs fell behind city hall, will six bombs fell parallel to Windmuehlenstrasse (Windmills Street). The town surrendered without a fight to American soldiers on 9 April 1945. The town was spared the damage of many German cities.

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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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