Category - Au Pair and Nanny

AuPairWorld – An Introduction

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...

Interview mit Louisa/ Au Pair Extension

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 Interview with Teagan

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...

READING CHALLENGE 2018

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...

GOING-AWAY-BOOK

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...

5 easy Gift Ideas for Your Host Family

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...