Check Out Rick Steves’ Greve Travel Tips
Thinking of traveling to Greve? Rick Steves offers tips and valuable insights on his travel website. Click here to get started.
More Aswan Memories
Photo from reception in Aswan when the Sister City relationship first formed in 2008.
Hungarian Writer Wins 2025 Nobel Prize
Editor’s Note: This information comes from an APNews post written by Kostya Manekov, Jill Lawless, and Mike Order/9 October 2025.)
On on 9 October 2025, Hungarian novelist Laszlo Krasznahorkai was announced as the winner of the 2025 Nobel prize in literature, in recognition of his expansive body of work. According to the APNews article,
Laszlo Krasznahorkai has […]
Penglai – A Fairyland on Earth
Penglai, a city on the Bohai Sea, an extension of the Yellow Sea, in northeastern China
about 250 miles southeast of Beijing, has been a Sister City of Sonoma since 2011.
Known as “the fairyland on earth,” Penglai’s seaport is an important outlet connecting
China with Korea, Japan and the rest of the world.
Penglai also plays an important […]
Day of the Dead – Patzcurao (Mexico) 2025
Read on to learn what to expect should you be visiting Patzcuaro for this year’s Day of the Dead celebration (31 October – 2 November), courtesy of the Cultures Traveled website.
Get Ready: Expo Chianti Classico 2026
The Expo Chianti Classico 2026 takes place in Greve in Chiant on September 12 & 13. Every year, on the second weekend of September, Piazza Matteotti welcomes winegrowers and cellars, bottles and glasses, and an audience of wine enthusiasts and onlookers. Click here for more information.
Cirque De Boheme Returns for 2025 Show
Dear Friends of Cirque de Bohème,
We are delighted to share wonderful news: Cirque de Bohème returns to Sonoma this winter with a brand-new show — fresh from a triumphant European tour!This summer, our production received standing ovations across Europe, winning the Audience Award at the Festival d’Avignon and the Grand Jury Prize at the Edinburgh Circus Festival. Now, we are bringing […]
Sharing Sonoma-Aswan Sister City Memories
Former Sonoma-Aswan Committee Chair Sherri Ferris wanted to share this featured photo from the 4th of July Parade from 2009, celebrating the what at the time was the newest SSCA committee. The float won first prize. Please contact Board President Stephanie Fine at president@sscasonoma.org if you have questions or interest about the Sonoma-Aswan Committee, […]
Sonoma Welcomes the Mayor of Patzcuaro
On 3 October 2025, Sonoma Mayor Patricia Farrar-Rivas welcomed the mayor of our sister City Patzcuaro (Mexico) along with five other mayors from the state of Michoacan. The mayors are here to engage in a series of discussions concerning farm worker safety in the agricultural sector of our economy.
