Lisbon, Kolkata, and Sonargaon in One Month
February was always the longest month of the year for most of my life-the winter doldrums, combined with an uneventful sports calendar, and every single person's least favorite holiday made the shortest month seem interminable. The shift towards associating positive thoughts towards February began when Marianella appeared in my life (hey, Valentine's Day isn't so bad!), gained momentum when we moved to Peru (summer vacation!) and has certainly moved into the range of being a pretty good month (we'll see what my thoughts are next year when we're experiencing a real winter again in Beijing). This February ranked pretty high on the chart, due to several short getaways, both far (Portugal*) and near (a day trip to Bangladesh's old capital). Have I piqued your interest? Hopefully so. . . * So, Portugal happened in late January which is pretty much February anyway, right? Lisbon Along with two of my colleagues at AISD, we attended the International Sc