Trinidad and Tobago- the first leg

Well, I left my wonderful home in Barbados this morning aty 9. No tears at the airport, but I felt funny. My Mom, Dad, son, boyfriend and ex-boyfriend saw me off. My girlfriend slept at my place and said her goodbyes before heading out to work. I spent the whole night cleaning my room and didn't go to sleep til 4 am.

The flight to Trinidad was pretty uneventful. I slept most of the way through it. We split the taxi fare five ways so it only cost like $12 US for a 40 minute ride. Had something called Chicke Marsala for lunch. The highlight of the day however was finally meeting the Trini JETs. I feel like I already know some of them. We've gone back and forth so much on facebook. Since I was the only Bajan on for so long, everybody came and said " You're the Bajans. Who's Claire?" Laurence even remembered to bring me the copy of a Japanese learning software that I asked for. And Adele invited us all up to Hokkaido for Snow Festival. Yay!!!

There was a reception at the ambassador's house. All the press was there. One guy took a pic of me eating with my chopsticks. Lol! There was sushi there. I tried some, but now my skin itches. No more sushi for me :(

Tomorrow we leave for Miami. Flight is 7.15, check-in is 4.15. We leave the hotel at 3.30. Ick! I am going to sleep. Between the itchy skin, the lack of sleep last night, the early flight and the fact that my allergies are acting up, I have no desire to be up at all. Hopefully when I get to Chicago there'll be an opportunity to post a bit.

And the Japanese public relations officer asked me a question and I answered in Japanese. Granted the answer was "seven" or "shichi" but he was quite shocked, as was the Japanese travel agent, and I am proud. It seems I have mastered more Japanese than the rest of the Bajans. 3-kyu in December, anyone?
I'm off to conquer the world!