BEING AN AU PAIR

Not once , not twice, but three times I've been an Au Pair. You would think that I love children, but the truth is that I love traveling too much and I don't have much money to just go and hang around for as long as I want. Before I came back from my exchange year in the States, I already knew I wanted to leave again. So after being only 2 months in Spain I went to Paris. The first day I was already wondering what was wrong with my life and what I was thinking when I decided to take care of children abroad. It's not the same going abroad to study than to work.
I've been an au pair in France, Italy and Finland. I'm also aware that I've been pretty lucky finding the families I've lived with. But not everything is sweet and nice. There's a side of being an au pair and going abroad that it's hard to see if you have never been one, (I will explain it better in other posts, too many things to tell).  I just suggest you to not say "Yes" to the first family you are talking with, because there are plenty but you are not gonna fit in all of them either all of them are gonna be good. But hey, You Only Live Once so sometimes you have to risk and get out of your comfort zone and talk to that family, take that airplane and start one of the biggest experiences of your life.
To sum up : This work is gonna give you a lot of free time, so your imagination may get a little crazier about all the things you can do. Make sure they are useful, because if not , you will be back at home and you will be like : "What have I actually done while I was an Au pair ?".

PS: I will tell you what I did next time ;)