Shinagawa, Japan<\/strong>, became our sister in 1984. \u201cWhile you were watching Ghostbusters<\/em>, we sent you two beautiful cherry trees to plant in front of City Hall, more in 2016. What have you done for us lately? We\u2019re still waiting for our next lobster shipment.\u201d<\/p>\n We sistered Archangel in 1988, during glasnost<\/i>, while there was still a USSR. Some of us lost track of her during COVID. And she\u2019s changed, by the way. She woke up one day and said, \u201cStop calling me Archangel. My real name is Arkhangelsk.\u201d Sisters. She hangs out in northwestern medieval Russia<\/strong> on the banks of the Dvina River as it flows into the White Sea. She\u2019s a bit moody, ever since St. Petersburg took her place as Russia\u2019s hippest city.<\/p>\n Cap-Ha\u00eftien, Haiti<\/strong>, called: \u201cWhy did you ever honor the Royall family and their notorious holdings in Antigua by naming a river for them?\u201d Our sister since 2000 dares to think independently, separated by mountains from Port-au-Prince. She renounced her old name Cap-Fran\u00e7ais because \u201cThat\u2019s who someone else<\/i> wanted me to be.\u201d Let\u2019s get to know her better.<\/p>\n Our sister from Greece<\/strong> is Mytilene of Lesvos. Since bonding with her in 2003, Portland has sent a number of delegations to the Greek island. Talk about gorgeous classical architecture.<\/p>\n The newest member of the family is Garissa Township, Kenya<\/strong>, who joined in 2023. She\u2019s wild and wonderful, the darling of the banks of the Tana River, northeast of Nairobi. The area is home to many endangered species like the Rothschild (aka Northern) giraffe and the lesser kudu, \u201cThough it would be a mistake to dismiss them as lesser.\u201d<\/p>\n