Overseas exchange

**hXc** · 7th February 2007, 19:06

Originally Posted by Jim2

Yeah, but I bet you get a free Nokia phone that's gruntier than your PC out of it.

What do you mean by this? I get a free Nokia phone?

**dawnrazor** · 7th February 2007, 19:30

Originally Posted by hXc

What do you mean by this? I get a free Nokia phone?

No he means Nokia are probably the Fins best known corporation (globally speaking), and as such a successful company they must give turbo charged next generation phones to the good citizens and other misfortunets who live in Finland...stands to reason, don't you think.

**hXc** · 7th February 2007, 20:47

Ahhh...Just clicked with the Nokia thing.

**MikeyG** · 8th February 2007, 11:44

I did an exchange back in 97. Lived in Bolivia for the year. My advice is go for it.

My personal opinion on destinations is to go somewhere with a different language and different culture. Don't worry if you can't speak the language, round the world there are enough people with some english for you to get by and you will pick up a new language real quick once you are immersed in it.

As for the money a lot of the exchange organisations do scholorships. Some companies have scholorships for the kids of their employees to do exchanges as well.

An exchange is a great experience, don't let the money stop you.

**MisterD** · 8th February 2007, 12:07

As far as Scandinavia is concerned, don't sweat the language thing - the standard of English spoken by the average Swede is fantastic, at least in the bigger towns.

However, they are reasonably expensive places to live, you will need to develop a taste for preserved fish (gravadlax mmmm) and during the winter there is so little daylight the national pasttimes are sex and suicide...hey but the chicks are gorgeous - it is not a myth. Oh, you've got a gf, go and live with the Mormons then, they're into polygamy aye.

**MSTRS:Me** · 8th February 2007, 12:13

The language thing is a good point. How many countries is Finnish spoken in? If one is to go to the trouble of learning a language, wouldn't one want to be able to use it elsewhere? ie. Spanish...