Yesterday I went out for dinner with three Swedes and another exchange student. After dinner we said we didn't want dessert and the waiter left. I fully expected him to return with our check. However, we were allowed to sit there for probably two hours without ordering any more food. (Grant it, the restaurant wasn't busy.) Eventually the waiter came back around 11:30 to tell us the restaurant was closing. Eating and chatting with friends seems to be a big thing here and part of the idea behind fika where you get together and hang out with friends while enjoying coffee and cake.
I also learned a couple of interesting facts during the evening.
First, I've seen the biofuel buses around the city. Apparently, the biofuel comes from in-sink garbage disposals.
Also, Sweden is too cool for shovelling snow. There is major construction happening on one of the main streets in centrum Uppsala. When I saw it, it reminded me of in-floor heating. Turns out that's what it is. They heat the roads so they don't have to do as much snow ploughing.
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