What is an exchange student?

I've only been speaking English my first three days in Sweden. So it only felt natural to write this in English.




                                                        YFU Sweden On-Arrival 2014





First we flew to Riga and from Riga to Stockholm. I didn't understand the logic in it but anyway I'm glad we did because in Riga we met two really nice guys from Latvia. And I hope I'm right to say that we've become friends and we'll see each other again.
 

TEAM BELGIUM!

Our Latvian friends!

 The three first days here felt like being on a camp, which really it was (On-Arrival-Orientation Camp). We've been in contact with so many different cultures and we've learned so much! Because both Belgium and Switzerland were represented the battle between Swiss and Belgian chocolate couldn't stay out. But everyone knows Belgian chocolate is the best, right? It was then Esther told me something that I found very true. It's funny how we are proud of our country in another country but in our own country it doesn't seem that way at all...

 

The first thing I really learned about Sweden is NO SHOES! Okay that you take your shoes of in your own home but the Swedes take their shoes of everywhere. That will be something to get used to and I should think about buying some more pretty socks.
 

NO SHOES!

But what I really learned in these three orientation days is that an exchange student is many things but most of all that an exchange student is AWESOME!



An exchange student is AWESOME!