I arrived later than all other students. I didn’t have this special information. Just a short meeting with the coordinator. But this one was very helpful. But I was very happy to have other friends there which helped me with other questions.

I lived in an old hospital in Varberg. It was very easy to get a nice accommodation. Ki housing is very good organised. I could choose my six priorities accommodations and I get my first priority. I get very early informed about my room number, where to find the key by arriving, wlan code and they also organised me a Swedish phone card. There I met a lot of students from all over the world two and with some I could explore Stockholm and surrounding together.

I didn’t really get information about special activities during my semester in Stockholm. I didn’t meet new Swedish friends. We had only one Swedish guy which participated in our course. It would be very nice to have more Swedish students in this course. I meet some new persons, when I went out. I had very interesting conversations with them, and they were very interested and friendly, but it was difficult to get a longer staying contact with them.

I choosed a exchange semester in Karolinska Instituted, because I heard about the advanced studies and knowledge in therapy occupations in the northern countries.

Our home university choosed the courses for us. I get informed which courses I will participate, but I had no idea what would be discussed. To get vaccinated from my university I had to write a motivation letter.

Already in 2011 and 2012 I visited Stockholm and felt in love. But this time I could spend more time here and I found new interesting places. There are a lots of nice rituals which the Swedish people do. But the most pleasure I get by doing the Swedish Fika. Since I’m here I drunk a lot more coffee than before and I also couldn’t resist al this nice bakery stuff especially Kanelbullar. This ritual I will miss but I try to take it in my country and I hope I can bake delicious Kanelbullar my own too. But anyway I had a great time in Stockholm. The course was very interesting and I learned a lot. I’m very grateful for this chance and I will come back one day, this for sure.

Because I arrived so late I couldn’t start the Swedish language course. But afterwards I’d love to. I guess if I could understand or even speak some words in Swedish I would understand more about the Swedish culture and also maybe get more in contact with locals. But I was also too tired to learn a new language because I learnt short time before Spanish for my internship place in Bolivia. Already to speak and write all the time in English was for me sometimes very challenging. I was very happy, that the other students were on the same language level. So I dared me to share my thinkings in the class. But sometimes it was also frustrating, because I couldn’t explain some statements how I want to explain them. But in general this is a very helpful experience, which I can take for my future as a therapist.

I felt the relationship between the teacher and students very warm and friendly. I felt welcome and I could share all my thinkings and ideas. I felt like a part of all. And I had also the impression, that the teachers among themselves have a very friendly and good relationship. About the internship place I can’t say anything. Because I did my internship in Bolivia.