I am 21 now and currently sorting out my Visa and passport etc etc… Its quite nervewrecking! I am planning on travelling to Germany in May and I dont know whats what! I love ur blog and I would appreciate if I may ask you some questions.

I dont know what to expect… I dont know if I’ll cope there (even though Im a naturally strong indipendant person)… Its crazy!!

Hope to hear from you soon. Keep up the blog!!!

Kind regards

Au pair Agentur is a company based in North Rhine-Westphalia, establishing au pair contacts to Germany as well as from Germany to foreign countries as well..

To offer young persons the opportunity to spend a year with a German host family. The focus of attention is the improvement of knowledge of German and to become familiar with the German culture..

motto is quality instead of quantity, it is very important to us that all persons involved, i.e. host family and au pair, suit one another and harmonise..

Taking care of the au pairs is very important for us, and for this reason au pair meetings are offered every two months and trips at least four times per year, so that your au pair will have the opportunity to meet another au pair. Being a member of the Au pair Society e.V. is a seal of quality, confirming you the seriousness and correctness of our job..

Our features are being certified with the RAL quality mark *au pair incoming* professionalism, quality and seriousness.

Am on the road a lot, he has a web design business as well as being a part time actor, he has had parts in Law and Order SVU, Soprano’s, 24, NCIS, Men In Black and a bunch of other movies. and my wife ( Angela ) is a new physician at a very busy hospital

We have one adorable girl who is 3yrs old her name is Meya. and another one on the way.

We are looking for a loving, responsible, energetic person to take care of our daughter starting as soon as you can. This position requires a non-smoking.
We do not require much babysitting in the evenings or on weekends which means that you are free to enjoy these exploring nightlife in the busy city, touring,shopping, go to the library which is right across the street from us, taking classes at the local colleges which is a 5 minute walk from us and there are more than 20 colleges all within 10 minutes by bus from our hours.

On your days off you can enjoy travelling to the city, their is a bus which will take you there right from outside our home for only $1.

We will provide you with comfortable accommodations, including your own private floor, kitchen and bathroom, TV, wireless internet, laptop and car usage if you like, we want you to feel like a part of the family and not like a helper or worker.

We both work,. We are looking for someone who will enjoy creating fun, imaginative games with our children, taking walks, and running around the zoo and the playground.

Hours will be Monday through Friday 8am – 4:30pm .
We are offering $300 per week.

There will be opportunities to make additional money with evening and weekend babysitting, since we have many friends who are in need of babysitting here and there, we live in a very friendly young community and you will have a nice bunch of peers to meet and become friends with. Email me direct to my box and i will send you more of my Family pics (gary.gordon1011@gmail.com)

Hope yo here from you soon..
Gary Gordon

I have no idea if Ricardo’s reason for leaving was similar to mine, but from my own experience as an au pair, one year is about good. I thought that I was fine and could stay indefinitely, but realized later that I’d reached my limit at year one and should have gone home. I wonder if the au pair of the year also perhaps just needed to return home.

I’d love to hear from other APs out there – has anyone stayed longer than a year? If so, what are the pros/cons? Did it turn out well?

Your reader, John, is correct, Ricardo from Cultural Care, who was the 2009 recipient of the IAPA’s annual Au Pair of the Year Award, did return home early in his second year. I confirmed this fact with Ms. Jordan, Vice President of Cultural Care. She told our readers that he left for “personal reasons.”

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