The people who know me best (not that I know that many people) know that I always refer to myself as a Trini, no matter how much time I have been away from my homeland or the non-Trini accent that I express myself with. Still, to return home for only the second time in 15 years does make me somewhat of a stranger in my own land.
And while everything seemed familiar (places and faces), there was a lot that I had never done nor experienced, and so tourist I was for the three weeks that we spent there.
I returned 'browner' (dat sun was real hot), poorer (it was not cheap going there for Carnival), and almost married: my tourist partner, Catarina Caesar, is now my fiance. Oh yes!
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