Ädelfors Folkhögskola, Kunskapens väg, Holsbybrunn

Welcome to Rotary Language Camp! From Monday morning arrival on August 5th to Sunday night farewells on August 11th, 22 exchange students made memories after making new friends. Local retired language teacher Mrs. Marianne acted as our language teacher all week. She covered basic teacher and helped every exchange student best she could. Majority of the exchange students in Sweden are Americans, so that’s something.

During the week we visited an inactive mine named Kleva Gruva and a local lake where we swam and jumped off a diving board. On Thursday there was a heavy rainstorm with lots of thunder. The first time I heard the thunder my two friends and I were stuck in our condominium alone, so I was kind of afraid anyways. I actually screamed when I heard it because it was really loud. My friend Abi laughed at me because she’s from Wyoming and I guess there’s thunder there. Her dad is a meterologist and she said he really likes thunder.

This Language Camp basically was the Southern part of Sweden’s orientation. Most people had travelled from their home country in the last few days to Sweden, so no one had really settled in with their host families. I arrived in Sweden midday of July 31st, but I actually slept majority of the first five days because I was very sick with a sinus infection. Flying in with that horrible dry plane air dried out my nasal cavities so I was in a lot of pain with pressure in my head. I was so excited when we landed in Sweden though. The first month of my exchange here felt so surreal-as if I was living a dream. I’ve wanted to go to Sweden for so long I have been willing to leave everything behind for years just to come here. Healthy or not, I was thrilled to be ”living the dream”.