Today I have a guest article for you all. Most of you probably have heard about “AuPairWorld”. But maybe you would like to know a little more about them. In my book they are mentioned on several occasions and there is a bonus interview with the managing chief in there. Here is a little introduction for you: Finding your host family...
Kirsty is 31 years old, from New Zealand, has a qualification as a social worker and came to the UK in December 2015. She works as a live-in nanny in London and looks after two boys of the ages 9 and 11. What made you come to the UK and work as a Nanny? I wanted to come to the UK to experience the life here. I had been to the UK before, but only...
This is a follow up interview with my American Host Mum, the first part of the interview is in my book: “Rock Your Au Pair Year“. The interview in the book is about the overall experience my American Host Family had. This time, we focus on interview and arrival period. Pam´s family was in the program for 18 Years and hosted 23 au...
Jennie Springer went to England in the summer of 2015. She went to have an amazing time as an au pair, but already after the first few weeks she realised it would not work out with her host family. After consideration she decided to find a new family, without an agency, but with aupairworld. Jennie Springer, 19 years old from a small town near...
Louisa is 20 years old and currently looks after 3 children of the age 1, 5 and 7 in the US state Minnesota. She left Germany in March 2017. You can follow her journey on YouTube (her channel is in German). She recently decided to extend her Au Pair time for a whole year, therefore this interview will mainly focus on the extension program. Why did...
KiwiOzNannies is a London based Agency who place live-in and live-out nannies, in temporary, permanent, full- and part time positions all year around. They are a very friendly and open minded team that offers placements in London and the UK/ International as well as support. How did KiwiOzNannies come about? In 2002 the owners of KiwiOz came to...
Hey guys! I have a really cool activity for you in the new year. The READING CHALLENGE is coming up REALLY SOON! Early January: This will be the beginning of my raffle on lovelybooks.de. You will have the chance to win an e-book of “Rock Your Au Pair Year” and participate in the reading challenge, but you don’t have to win to...
Mareike is 20 years old and began her journey as an Au Pair this Summer (2017). She is currently staying with a family in Minnesota and looks after 3 children of the age 1, 3 and 5. You can follow her journey on YouTube: “Amereike Au Pair“. What were your reasons to choose the US as your destination of being an Au Pair? This is the...
Yesterday was the first time that I heard of the going-away or goodbye book via this video (German). I really didn’t know it was “a thing” and maybe you don’t know either. But I quickly thought to myself that this is a super cool thing to do when you are planning to be an au pair. I obviously did not do this, but I would...
As it is Christmas soon I thought it would be nice to share some gift ideas. Of course these could also be used for other occasions. Here are my gift ideas: A photo album of your time together. I know it is kind of “old school” to print out pictures and make an album but that´s why it´s even cooler. I´m sure they will love it! On...
