Language boot camp and fika!

I just returned from a trip to a small, quaint cabin getaway with about 13 other exchange students trying to learn Swedish.  There were two girls from India, one girl from Japan, another girl from South Korea.  A guy from Canada and then 7 girls and two boys from the USA.  Ya I know talk about major girl power and a domination of USA students.  In a way it was kind of disappointing to see so many USA students because I wanted to learn about other countries and their cultures, but the Americans are all very nice.  At the little cabin thingy thing we took lessons in Swedish with two teachers.  Our day would look like this:
                                  8am: breakfast
                                  9: class
                                  10:30: fika time
                                  10:50: class
                                  1pm: lunch and fika
                                  2:45: fika time
                                  3: class
                                  4:30: more fika!
                                  4:45: back to class
                                  6: dinner and...guess what? FIKA!
                                  7: movie
                                   Free time
So now you might be wondering what fika time or fika is.  Well it is essentially the action of getting coffee or tea (usually coffee) and a pastry or something sweet with someone or a group of people.  It is a time to socialize for Swedes during the middle of busy days at work.  I get the sense that fika's do not always happen this often but I understand that it must be hard to get teenagers to pay attention all day in a class during the summer.  Fika for teenagers  (I think) usually happens 2-3 times a week and for adults maybe 5 time a week.  With all this fika you can imagine that I will most likely be a coffee drinker when I return to the USA.  Also I do not know if it is true, but Swedes seem to say that their coffee is much stronger than any United States coffee and I will be disappointed when I go home. 
The learning the language and culture part of the trip was very interesting and helpful.  I can now hold a miniature discussion with someone, tell time, name objects in the kitchen and all throughout the house and ask some simple questions to others.  We watched some Swedish films that were also very helpful!
Here are some pictures or the scenery and area that we stayed in along with most of the exchange students one picture and a land snail that we see EVERYWHERE. Oh and of course a picture of only a third of the candy that all the host mothers sent with us.  Yes every mother had the same thought and hence there was sooooo much candy we left 4 bags full of candy and 3 huge chocolate bars at the camp place.
Oh and Toby: There are only three Starbucks in all of Sweden.  One is in the Stockholm airport, one is about 45minutes away and I am not sure where the third one is.