A couple of years ago, I read an article about a “Do-A-Thon”. You take one week (or more, if you need it) to do stuff that you would usually procrastinate. And I thought this sounded great. Because it forces you…
It’s that time of year where a lot of new au pairs are starting their job. And others are changing their host families. Because sometimes, things just don’t work out – and you’re not quite ready to go back to…
Monday morning, the 17th of December 2018, my host mum drove me to the airport. My Christmas holidays had officially begun and that afternoon, I boarded a plane to Tenerife. Not where I’m going to spend Christmas but I wanted…
How did you find out whether Au Pairing was for you? Before becoming an au pair for the first time, I was looking for a relatively safe way to spend some time in the UK to get my English certification.…
This post was actually supposed to go online last week. But I kind of neglected this blog while I was in the Netherlands with my parents. So here it is – me reflecting and looking back on my goals for…
Happy new year everyone! Let’s hope it’s going to be as great as 2018! In last week’s post, I mentioned that I still had to set myself some goals and think of resolutions for the new year. So that’s what…
First of all, Merry Christmas! I hope you’re all having a lovely holiday! Since I’m at my parents’ house for the holidays, I kind of started preparing for the new year early. “At the start of December”-early. Because even though…
In the Netherlands, this is what everyone eats this time of year. Doughnut balls. Sometimes filled with raisins. Always covered in powdered sugar. And usually fried. I did not fry them. Because that is really not healthy. And we don’t…
