Today marks the day where it is officially one month until I step on a plane and fly off to Germany. The longest I have ever been away from my boyfriend, family and friends is approximately two weeks. So three hundred and sixty five days will be a challenge for sure but probably one of the best experiences I am ever going to have and boy am I ready for it!
I found becoming an au-pair to be very simple and straight forward. I went on to google and searched - " au-pair abroad " and a ton of different websites came up. They all looked good but you have to be careful that the website is safe. The one I went to was http://www.aupair.com/. It took approximately two weeks for me to find a family and start talking with them. I was lucky because the family lives in Germany but has some of their family living in Calgary so I got to meet them and see what the family was going to be like. It was help full because it made me a lot less nervous and much more comfortable. It is a great opportunity because you get paid and you have free food and a free room. You get weekends off and they will give you time off for vacation so you can go travel around. Once your in Europe it's cheap cheap cheap! I think this would be a great opportunity for anyone. If you ever have a chance to do it ... don't even think just do!
xo
Cologne Germany
