One of the best parts of the au pair programme is the compulsory college classes that your host family helps to pay for. I’m over halfway through my first class to make up my mandatory six credits whilst here. I’ve chosen to...
Chicago winter feels never-ending, especially when you arrive in November to the beginning of the weather decline. I’ve been here for four months, and with exception to the first few weeks, the only landscape I’ve known has...
Valentine’s Day can be a lonely time of year, but even more so when you’re on the other side of the world from your family and friends. My homesickness was frustratingly powerful in the first three months of my au pair year...
You learn a lot about yourself when you become physically estranged from your family for longer than you have ever attempted before. Even if – like me – you’ve already tasted forms of freedom, such as moving to another city...
One of the brilliant things about the Au Pair USA programme is that you get a chance to study whilst you are working in America! Your host family will give you $500 and your local coordinator will help you to find a course nearby...
Thursday December 25th 2014, Christmas Day > DAY 45 It’s been six weeks since I moved in with my host family, seven since I left my home of Manchester. It certainly feels longer – I’ve been to so many new places, met...