3638 - Welshpool, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom

The sender is a big rugby fan, specifically, the Welsh National Team. They play out of the stadium on the card - Principality Stadium (Stadiwm Principality) in Cardiff.

Principality Stadium is the national stadium in Wales and home to the Welsh Rugby Team and Welsh Football Team. The stadium was originally built to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Since then, it has hosted many big events such as the Tsunami Relief Concert, the Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, the FA Cup, as well as football matches during the 2012 Summer Olympics. Taylor Swift played the stadium on 18 June 2024 as part of her The Eras Tour.

Principality can hold almost 74 000 people for rugby and football. The most people in the stadium was just over 78 000 for the Anthony Joshua versus Carlos Takam boxing matching on 28 October 2017.

The sender is from Welshpool, a market town of about 6000 people. In the Welsh language, the town is called Y Trallwng, which translates to "the marshy or sinking land."

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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 witness i

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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