bass5445 so true. I had great and horrible so I completely agree

@@woltersworld i would like to be with a host family ( would be nice if they were similar to my family), but who knows.

me too am going there so soon.. good luck

+Oraib Abdulla good luck! I don't know if I will be accepted, but I'm applying to go to Germany for 1 year. I'm super excited, but nervous. I just hope I get accepted.

Where they nice?

Merry B where did you find a short term program?

Marco Ruiz 😹😹😹😹😹

PABrewNews mind BLOWN!!!! :)

OnTheGoWithCarson the get along thing is Key for sure :) but I loved most of my host families

How can someone find a host family

+Sprypine games cool. Have a great time!

+woltersworld thanks man! I'm leaving for 10 months.

Thanks Tosh!

+huntersihelp Hey man, I know your comment is a long time ago. How is it going? I'm german (Bonn/Cologne) and right now in China as an exchange student. So if you want to have a chat about this whole high school exchange thing send a message or something ;).

lampenkabel How was China? You must have gotten a lot of attention as a German haha 😄

+PMMK era increvil! O meu "pai" Brasileiro e Bom de mais Mas e malouco tambem e eu adoro-lhe :)

yes they are all awesome. you won't go wrong with any of them. if you are looking for English speaking.. Portuguese speak the best and most English... then it is a tie for 2nd with spain and Italy... and they are a distant 2nd :) however, you will learn the language in all three countries (as they are similar languages) so if you want sights and cities to see then probably Italy wins out. I love them all though. "tough life" you have there ;) good luck abroad!

wolfgang15425 we have some tips on saving money while traveling abroad, those tips should help out a bit (the same premise at least)

Rinie8300 Rotary Youth Exchange and AFS were both good ones when I was in school... though that was 15-20 years ago :)

How was your experience with your host family? I hope it was awesome

R O'Connell there are with some language schools. I know in NE brazil I stayed with a family while studying Portuguese and I was in my late 20s and there were people in my class that were in their 50s so all ages are welcome. but those are usually just language schools.

woltersworld Oh :( Thank you for your reply!

lmao, Yes I guess some people get lucky but its hit and miss. I still want to have a social life as well which I think would be hindered with a family

Not everyone is lucky enough to have enough to pay everywhere they go so it will be nice if you would be understanding to it now cause I presume you are 4 years older now

Karlita pulido we found it easier traveling with the kids when they were 4-6 months. write me a message on our facebook page and I can give you some tips and recommendations. we also have some videos on here for traveling with the little ones (my wife does them).

Vin 206151 not a good situation. but moved on to two other fantastic families (the program I was in had you hosted by three families over your year and I just got unlucky with one of them) still love the other two

woltersworld We want to know all the horrible and dirty little moments from your travels... HAHAHAHA!!!

hittingtax26 sure, specially for us portuguese people because we are very used to watch the brazilian "telenovelas" and listening to brazilian music. Brazil doesn't get to hear as much portuguese from Portugal but still, it's just a different accent with a few different words :)

+Oraib Abdulla Just keep notes. If you have a cell phone with note-taking capabilities, that would work, or a personal laptop.

When you become an exchange student do you have to know the fluent language, or how much of the language should you know

reza moghaddasi I am a university professor

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TheAquarius1978 hey, that was my host dad's first sentence he taught me. And I am not even joking

woltersworld its a sentence that we use a lot, as an insult or as a display of frustration, but as an insult it's probably the " heaviest we have " i assume you know exactly what it meens ( literaly translation that is )

I would feel very uncomfortable living with or having anybody I cared about sharing a home with someone who feels this way….

+faythmomto5 Breakfast - 8am - 9am Lunch - 12pm - 2pm (barely anyone lunches as early as 12pm, so it's more 1pm to 2pm, unless you have schedules) Snack - 4pm - 6pm Dinner - 8pm - 10pm (people usually dine between 8.30pm to 9.30pm, but it depends if you're a 'late-dinner' kind of person or 'early-dinner' kind of person) Note: usually 'early-dinner' kind of people tend to have dinner earlier (8pm) and have supper (some sort of lighter dinner, snack kind of thingy before going to sleep) at around 10pm or something. And, yes, kids have to go to school daily. Except on weekends... depending on the schools. And see that the Portuguese school system is heavy and kids end up having a lot of overwhelming studying hours. One of the most overwhelming in the EU (if not the most), that the EU has been trying to make the Portuguese government lower the amount of required hours kids need to spend in school... unsuccessfully yet.