While I didn’t know much about Malaysia before visiting, I quickly came to love it. I journeyed to Malaysia overland from Thailand, and instantly the landscape changed: better, cleaner roads, no billboards, women in colorful headdresses, verdant rice paddies and wild, red-earthed jungle. Second only to Singapore, Malaysia is the richest country in Southeast Asia, … Read more
Today we’re hearing from Anneke, a 24-year old German student who worked as an au pair in Western Australia for seven weeks. I’m especially excited to have her as she’s my good friend Julika’s little sister! On this site I try to mix up both positive and negative experiences to give future au pairs a … Read more
For the first two years of my blogging career, I churned out 2-3 posts a week rather easily. But once I moved to Denver and started a full-time job, I floundered. How on earth do people have the time or energy to do this after work? I wondered, with barely enough energy to watch Scandal. While … Read more
On my four-month world trip, I did very little solo travel. Which frankly was fine- after two months of traveling solo in Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia, I was burnt out on being alone. So I felt torn when my travel buddy, Dylan, wanted to go to Singapore when I was dead-set on Malacca. I was … Read more
Today we are hearing from Andrea, a Brazilian au pair who worked in Kansas City, Missouri for 13 months. (Kansas city being home of the best barbecue, of course. Not a bad fit for a Brazilian!) Thanks Andrea for telling us about working as a Brazilian Au Pair in the USA. Andrea is our first Brazilian … Read more
Emily was unlucky to have the host mother from hell in Munich, Germany. Here is her story. The term Au Pair to me was completely foreign until I started researching ways to travel for cheap. Once I learned what it meant, I went on Aupair-world.net and found a family. (It really is that easy). It was a … Read more
One of the biggest reasons people visit my blog is to find out how to become an au pair in France. So today we are hearing from Marianne, an American au pair who is currently working in Brittany, France. Here she walks us through every single step of the au pair application and tells us about … Read more
Today we are hearing from Emily, a Canadian who worked as an au pair outside of Munich, Germany. Read on to hear all about her adventures in Munich! Name: Emily Bitz Location: Munich, Germany Country of origin: Canada Age when you worked as an au pair: 19 Number of children you took care of (and … Read more
As you may have read, I’m off to Jordan TONIGHT with three friends and fellow travel bloggers: Amanda, Jessica and Julika! The four of us met in Madrid last year, insta-bonded and have been plotting our next adventure ever since. I’m ridiculously excited to explore Jordan with them. And of course, to lay eyes on the Middle East … Read more
Curious about how to au pair in the UK? Read on to hear about American au pair Amy’s experience working for an English family, and her tips on how to best find a family and visa. When people decide to au pair, often the main motive is to develop their foreign language skills. As someone … Read more