flying & Arriving to a white not green covered land!

It was about 4 ish when i gave my hugs and kisses to my parents and grandmas. I left Chicago at 7:00 and boy was it a long 8 hour flight! Ofcourse i could not fall asleep probably because of all my excitement! It also brought memories back of when i was in Germany. We landed in Dublin Ireland at 8:45 A.m. The time change is always the hardest thing to get used too. When walking out of the plain instead of seeing nice green land i saw green covered with white snow and ice. I thought i was back in my hometown of Norway, MI.After waiting for a few hours we were picked up and brought back to our apartments. I like that there are only three of us sharing and we each get our own room. It was very cold in the rooms like we had been told by those who were here before. A few of us went out to by the bare essentials which took us about 25-30 minutes to get there. Everything is so magical though and beautiful in its own way. it is hard to describe. After walking back i got situated in my room and tried organizing in my head what time it was, that i was actually in Dublin (How Awesome!) and how to work my heater in my room. My first impressions of Ireland are magical! Now if only i can find the Lucky Charm man!!!