Learning Journal # 5 Presentation in 11°4 about a Gap Year

At the 10.11 I gave a presentation at the class of a friend, they interviewed me about a Gap Year. I will summarize this interview and try to use reporting verbs.
At first José asked me to tell the class about my organization. After having told them the history of the American Field Service, short AFS, I advised them, if they are interested, to go on the website of AFS.
Another reporter posed a question to explain my reasons for doing an exchange. There are many answers for doing a Gap year, so I just picked some, like getting known a new culture and country, learning a new language, gaining unforgettable impressions and so on.
Another student begged me to explain some differences I recognized between Germany and Portugal, here I was able to use the presentation I already did in our class.
José told me that he thinks that there are differences between Portuguese and German weather and wanted to know whether I can agree with that. The Portuguese Winter is really rainy and feels cold, even if the temperature is not that deep as in Germany. In Germany 0°C feel like Portuguese 10°C, but it is possible that in my area the temperature is falling under 0°C, so I think in Germany it is colder. Of course we also have snow everywhere, what is really rare in Portugal. I think we don’t have to talk about the summer, because the temperature in Germany is around 25°C and in Portugal higher.
They asked me to tell them about difficulties I have to pass adapting me here in Portugal. It is completely new for me to kiss girls to welcome them and the language is also a problem, because without speaking and understanding I am not able to do things on my own, so I feel sometimes like a baby. On the other side I think there could be more problems, I imagine for example doing my exchange in India, or Muslim countries is much harder.
I was able to answer the question how my new classmates received me very positive, because they spoke immediately with me and were really nice.
The las question was what my general opinion about this whole experience is? Whether I would recommend anyone to do it as well, or whether I think that just a few people are capable of taking a year off?
At the moment I can say it was one of the best and maybe the best decision I ever made, but its normal that you feel bad at some times and in general the worst time is around Christmas, so it’s possible that I say the total opposite at Christmas, if I do that don’t believe me.
I think you should be tolerant, interested in new cultures and be able to live without your family. But I think nearly everyone is able to do an exchange year, but if you decide to do it you should know that you are the representative of your country.