olebat

We've hosted 18 exchange students. Seventeen of them were WONDERFUL. Each one, including #18, brought new joys into our home. Even though we selected students with family compatibility, once they got here, and involved with other students, they did less of the things we thought we'd share. However, we shared their new things with them, and learned even more. It's a life enriching experience. Enjoy.

dglvr

Great. I'll learn how to knit from the best huh? :D I can't wait to share pictures of my projects. :thumbup:

dglvr

No I've never heard of it. I'll check the library here and see if they have it though. Thanks for the tip. :thumbup:

dglvr

Thanks mcar for these websites. I put them on my desktop so I can get into and really check them out later. Alicia Paulson is interesting. And she has a cute dog. She is kind of up here in my neck of the woods. All great stuff. I'm going to know lots by the time she gets here. Thank you :thumbup:

dglvr

You can come play anytime. That way I won't have to ship your Chocolate Covered Bing Cherries. There in the refridge now. Luckily when I ship them their in plastic. :-D It will be much funner (is that a word? :D ) with you here. All the sewng and knitting we'd get done :XD:

Polliwog

Swedes, urbanites especially, have been students of English since the time my Swedish grandparents emigrated to U.S. in the late 1800's. It's a relatively small country population-wise and you are so blessed to share your home and community with this student. Please keep in touch with us and let us know how you all are doing.

MadP

I have no input about Sweden but we had two exchange students from Brazil a few years ago, loved it. One now lives in KY and we keep in touch often. Have fun and enjoy. We also still keep in touch with the first one that went back to Brazil.

dglvr

Wow you've had lots of exchange students. Cool. Where were they from? This is my second. Last year I had one from Austria and this year Sweden. The one from Austria was extremely lazy (has a maid at home) but other than that she was great. I enjoyed taking her on trips. She had a map and marked all the places we went. Even though we are in such a small town she made lots of friends and really enjoyed her stay.
I would like to get one from Australia but their school year is different than ours. I would have to get one in January (I think its Jan.) and they'd do a 1/2 year of one school year and be here all summer then to the first 1/2 of the next year. I have 2 spare bedrooms so I'm going to check into it further with my coordinator. Have you had one from Australia? I can't wait for Siri (from Sweden) to get here. I'm not sure when that will be yet. I'm getting excited. I have her on Facebook so its been fun chatting with her. We don't have other kids here so they are only children (besides my dogs) when they come. Norina (from Austria) enjoyed all the attention :thumbup:

dglvr

I will do that. She is from Stockholm which is the largest town there. I couldn't believe the population there. I've been looking at pictures from there and it sure is beautiful. I might have to take a trip over there. I'll share pictures on this post when she arrives.

dglvr

We've have a few others in town from Brazil and I really thought about getting one from there this year but this one in Sweden came up and she sounded really good. One of her comments was she's funny and has a great sense of humor.
How could I resist that :lol: You have to have a sense of humor to put up with me :mrgreen: And her favorite pet is dogs. She does not have pets at home so she'll be in for treat here. Thats great you keep in touch with your exchange students. Thats why I love Facebook. Easy to keep in touch.
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