Tuesday, May 13, 2014

I'm so happy I extended!



Hi all current and future au pairs!

When you first start to think about traveling as an au pair, one year might seems like a long time, but as most of the au pairs say, it goes by so quickly! I often say that it's only one month of of each, like one January, one February, one March etc, and with the USA and all their holidays and seasons, you would want to experience everything. Luckily, if you feel than one year just isn't enough, you have the opportunity to extend - an au pair experience doesn't to be 12 months, it can be 18, 21 or even 24 months! I'm so happy that my au pair experience was 22 awesome months!

The reason I extended wasn't just that I enjoyed my time as an au pair in my host family (I extended with the same family, but you also have the possibility to exchange with another family) - I wanted to explore more of the USA, and the longer you stay the more time you've got to travel, meet new people and to explore new places. I was living in NYC with my host family and it took me about a year to find my favorite spots in the Big Apple. During my second year I really took the advantage of having one weekend per month just to travel - you get pretty far in the USA with just a bus ride! Me and my friends were able to visit Boston, Washington D.C and Philadelphia, and we did even few longer trips to places like to Miami and Las Vegas. The best thing about extending was of course, to get to know my host family even more, and see the development my host kids did during two years - being part of that is something I truly cherish.

I hope that everyone that becomes an au pair will consider the opportunity to extend, it was one of my best decisions ever!

Best regards,



 
 
 

 
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