3658 - Genoa, Liguria, Italy

A wonderful reproduction of a vintage carnival poster from 1931 - Finale Ligure. The sender is a teacher of Italian and Latin in Genoa.

Genoe, or Genova (Italian), or Zêna (Ligurian), is the capital city of the region of Liguria. About 560 000 people called Genoa their home. It has historically been an important port on the Mediterranean. For about seven centuries (11 century to 1797) Genoa was its own republic - one of the famous Italian city-states. Because of the importance of the port, it became one of the wealthiest cities in the world.

Genoa was the birthplace of Christopher Columbus, Guglielmo Embriaco, Andrea Doria,
Niccolò Paganini, Giuseppe Mazzini, Renzo Piano and Grimaldo Canella. Today many of Italy's major companies are based in Genoa including, Fincantieri, Leonardo, Ansaldo Energia, Ansaldo STS, Erg, Piaggio Aerospace, Mediterranean Shipping Company and Costa Cruises. The world's oldest state deposit bank in the world is also here, the Bank of Saint George. It's been continuously operating since 1407.

The city centre is one of the largest and most densily populated in Europe. Narrow lanes and street are called caruggi by locals. The University of Genoa, founded in the mid 15th century, is here.

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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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