I spent the last 9 months in a city near London working as an au pair, and let me say a thing, this has been the best experience so far!

Let’s start from the beginning, september 2017.
I read a few articles about being an au pair and living abroad so I decided to look for an agency to get more information, so I found Cultural Care Au Pair, which is a program directed by EF Education First. The only destination is America and they give you all the support that you need when you’re abroad since they have a local staff in every big american city.
I went to their office here in Milan and I had an inteview with the local staff and I really liked it, so i decided to start my application.
During the making off my application, the EF staff helped me so much giving me advice and tips, so after a month I finished it. I’ve been looking for “the host family” from october to may, and I’ve been in contact with almost 30 families, but sadly, none was the right match.
I had my final exams so I had no time for any interview, so I decided to quit the EF program and try to find an host family with AuPairWorld which is a bit different because it’s an online agency.
Anyway, it took me a few days to find the perfect match.
My host family was in located in Essex, so it’s almost 1 hour far from Central London but it was really well connected.
I had to look after two beautiful girls, my day routine was:
– 7.30am wake up
– 7.45am wake the girls up and make sure that they get dressed, then we used to have breakfast together. After breakfast I had to make sure that the girls were ready for school.
– 8.45am school start. During the morning I had to do light housework and walk the dog.
-3.15pm school’s over so I had to pick up the girls and make them a snack before homework. Normally they had clubs so we had to walk there and wait for one hour.
6.00pm my day is over!

I was really lucky because my host family was amazing and during my stay we built up a beautiful friendship.

During my stay I had a personal growth and I became more selfconfident. I also met amazing people, we’re still in contact via social media and I’m planning to go to Spain to meet my spanish friend!

This experience was the best thing that happened to me, it’s something that everyone has to make, it gives you the opportunity to save money, to explore a different state and to get into a different culture and lifestyle.

If you have any question or dubrt, just ask me, I’d love to help you!

Alessia