James asks Luisa where she was born, and she replies that she was born in Jamaica. James was born in England. Luisa had spent two years in England as a teenager. James says he has never been to Jamaica but had visited New York three years ago, thinking it is a beautiful city though very crowded. Luisa tells James that she and her cousins had visited New York last year and enjoyed its cosmopolitan atmosphere as well as the museums and tourist attractions and nightclubs.