Today I woke up around 5 A.M. to catch a 7:30 flight. The previous night I did not sleep much due to the fact that I have never traveled outside of the country before. I was somewhat nervous of traveling for my first time, but I flew with a friend so it calmed my nerves some. My plane ride was about 4 hours to JFK and then after a 2 hour lay-over I was off to Madrid. I flew threw Iberia, a Spanish airline. This was began my first culture shock of the day. Everything on the plane was Spanish, including the captain and flight attendants. After seven, long hours, we finally landed in Spain. I was somewhat nervous about going through customs, because they controlled whether I got into the country or not. Surprisingly, they
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