My initial reaction when I arrived at Shannon was “Do we really have to wait in this line, I havent slept in 24 hours!” It really didn’t hit me that I was actually in Ireland until the next the day. The first day I was in a sleep deprivied fog. I still have random moments where it hits me that I’m in a different country. As a poor foster child from Brooklyn, I thought I would never see the day where I was able to afford to travel outside of the State, let alone the country. Other than being very tired the first day here, I was very excited.