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Hey guys… During the baseball season my family needs me a lot on the weekends so I try to use my free weekend as best as possible. Last weekend I went on a trip to New Orleans with two of my closest friends here…

Meet this month’s Au Pair Buddies of the Month: Marie and Anna-Michelle from Germany!

I know that a lot of you guys are thinking about becoming an Au Pair, but maybe you are too afraid to make the final step. In that case, please…

I still remember arriving at my host family’s place like it was yesterday. All of the other au pairs on my train were so nervous and we tried to calm each other down. Some of them had talked to their families a lot, some just emailed a few times back and forth. I am their fifth au pair, so while all the other families were waiting with posters and balloons at the train station, it was just my host dad who came to pick me up.

Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas are some of the many American holidays and traditions I had the pleasure of getting to celebrate in America. Below I will tell you how I…

“If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello” Not every match is immediately a successful match. Caring for your host kids almost…

Previously, on ‘Vanessa in the US’: “There are no words that can describe how I was feeling when it was time to say goodbye. I had never felt like that…

If you’re a social media stalker, you probably already have an idea of what seems to happen at orientation. You would have looked at the all the au pair hashtags…

As I was writing this – one of my last ever blog posts as an Au Pair in America ever – it really hit me: I would have to leave my…

My name is Nicole and I’m a 19 year old kiwi girl, loving life on my exchange to America. This is the beginning of my blog life, and I hope…