Monday, 24 November 2014

The host countries

Hi my dear bloggers!!
At the beginning, I would like to apologize because I didn’t write since a long time. I started working as a nanny part time and it’s difficult to connect everything J I think that a lot of people have the same problem as me.  I hope I’ll write regularly.
In this post I want to write a few words about  the most popular host countries. What do you think which country it the most popular? The most important host countries are: Great Britain, USA and Canada. In other words, the most popular are English- speaking countries. In the era of  English linguistic imperialism it’s very important to have a good command of this language. Au pairing give you this opportunity! It’s obvious that au pair have a lot of possibility to learn or practice other languages. Which it’s very important that very often the host family pay for the courses of their au pair J We all know that it’s the best possibility to learn other languages!!  
On the other hand, a lot of au pair choose the country whose language (except English) they are studying, for example, in the school. In this ranking the winners are: Spain, Germany and France. I chose Spain because I’m a student of Spanish Philology.
P.S.
In Polnad still it's ranning...and I have one question...Where is my sun?? LLLL 



Monday, 10 November 2014

To be au pair: It's easier than you think!

Hellooo :)
In the last post, I answered the question: who is an au pair. Now, I want to explain how to be an au pair. It’s easy as ABC. The future au pair has two options:
Register and search for a host family matching a lot of criteria in one of the websites
- Go to the au pair agency in her home town.
The first option is free of charge. It means that the future au pair only has to register and them she can begin to search for a host family. On the one hand, it’s quite easy but on the other hand, it’s dangerous because the future au pair doesn’t have any certainty that the family provides real data on their profile. The second option is more safe but it’s very expensive. In other words, the future au pair must pay of agency for the services.
In my mind, the second option is better for beginners au pair, because they have a certainty that all will be good and my experience confirms all. I know a lot of au pair who were forced to leave the host family  the cause of false data. 
Have a good one!!
Kamila :)

P.S.
At the moment, in Poland it's ranning.....I wanto to be in Mallorca, feel the sand under my feet. This is my favorite place in Mallorca, the beach Cala Pi. I spent here a lot of time :)

Monday, 3 November 2014

Au Pair: Who is it?

Hello everyone!
In this post I want to explain who is an au pair. It’s true that a lot of people think that au pair is only baby-sitter. In other words, it is nothing more that a nanny. It’s a lie!!! When I hear this opinion I’m starting to get angry, because an au pair is much more that a nanny. This girl (sometimes a man :P) is a new member of the family. She (or he) lives  with a host family and she takes care of kids. Also, au pair works up to 30 hours per week and she gets pocket money. She doesn’t receive full salary. Au pair con select host family and on the contrary the host family can select au pair. All girls that were au pair they say “to be an au pair it’s a wonderful opportunity to explore the world and to learn a language”
I was au pair and I know that to be an au pair it's a golden opportunity to change something in life of everyone. 
Best,
Kamila  
These are my "au pair children" :)