An article in the July/2025 issue of National Geographic magazine highlighted the everyday life of the people of Karacsonyfalva, a village located in the valley of the Homorod River in rural central Romania. Eighty-five percent of the inhabitants in this region speak Hungarian and are descendants of ethnic Hungarians who came to the area at […]
If you’re traveling to Sonoma’s Sister City of Penglai (China), you might consider booking your travel to include a walk through Terminal 2 of airport. Why? Because Terminal 2 has been included in the winner’s list of the 2025 Prix Versailles World’s Most Beautiful Airports.
The Prix Versailles is a series of juried awards focusing […]
Excerpt from the “Off the Grid” feature in the January/February 2025 issue of Archeology magazine features some historical and current information about our Sister City Patzcuaro (Mexico):
“WHILE YOU’RE THERE
Housed in an eighteenth-century mansion, the State Museum of Michoacán in the capital city of Morelia has a number of Purépecha artifacts on display. The site of […]
Earlier this year, Sonoma’s Sister City Kaniv (Ukraine) received a much-needed back-up generator through a grant from USAID worth $1million (US). This outcome was the result of persistent communication and coordination between the Kaniv City Council, Anatoly Leontyev, (President of the Kaniv Friendship Association), and many others, including SSCA Board member Andrew Sorokowski. This project […]
Perhaps you are going to Italy this year and have been wondering how to visit Greve-in-Chianti, our sister city since 1983…
Maria Matson, the Sonoma-Greve Committee Facebook page editor and longtime SSCA supporter, has put together a quick guide for travel by car or bus. Access it here, and happy travels.
Bastille Day is Monday/14 July 2025 and the Valley of the Moon Petanque Club will be hosting a small tournament in Depot Park to celebrate. If you are interested in playing, please arrive before 10:00am to sign up.
Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris in 1789 by revolutionaries; this would become […]
Although the Sonoma-Aswan Sister City Committee is no longer active at this time, we still enjoy posting news concerning Aswan in the areas of history, education, and the arts. The January/February of Archeology Today reported on just such a find: a 10-level necropolis containing more than 400 tombs constructed and used during the Greco-Roman period […]
