Au Pair Travel Blog
This June, I was able to experience my first Swedish Midsummer, which I didn’t know was happening until the day before when my host parents told me. The holiday is huge there–like right up there with Christmas. Swedes get right back to their roots, celebrating with traditions from hundreds of years ago.
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Being an au pair was never really part of my plan. Travel was. I had heard of au pair’ing as an option for traveling post-graduation, but I never really considered it an option for me personally. I’m not huge on kids, and while I used to be a summer camp counselor and a babysitter in my early teens, I didn’t have a ton of experience with it in my adult life. I didn’t think anyone would really want to hire me.
I kind of made my decision to become an au pair on a whim–which paid off, because I love it! I went in blindly and hoped for the best. There are however, some things I definitely wish I knew beforehand. While there are a number of little things to consider before becoming an au pair, these are some of the big things that I think have a major effect on my life abroad.
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