Yikes so tomorrow my host parents are off to München for the weekend and leaving me alone with the boys! AAHHHHHHHHH!
I am kind of worried as over the last few days, apart from yesterday, me and one of the boys have had almighty flare-ups. I mentioned before I introduced the concept of Brownie Points and I am really pushing it this week. The boys are on 7 points at the moment having been on -10 on Tuesday! There are really working hard to improve this!
Hopefully I will come up with ideas to keep them active over the whole weekend. Thankfully one of the boys has a birthday party on saturday so thats one less to worry about! :D
Anyway I must go now to sort a few things out around the house! Will hopefully post a few things tomorrow before the parents leave!
Hope every has a nice weekend... please think of me....
Tschüss
Steve!
Showing posts with label Au Pair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Au Pair. Show all posts
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Sunday, 18 November 2007
Why? Why? Why!?!?!
Most questions I seam to get asked when I tell people I'm moving to Germany to be an Au pair their questions seam to start with 'why' or sometimes that is the question! So I will answer them here for any of you that are wondering!
Why an Au Pair?
Yes I know I studied Government and Public Policy but as part of my course I did Social Studies modules and thats what kept me in College (until I failed Economics..Again). I love working with Kids and have done so since I was 17. Im always the one looking after children at family gatherings even though I'm 21 and the second oldest Grandson I'm still one of the kids!!
Why Germany?
Well I must sya this is a valid question as I dont speak German, I speak French! Well I fell in love with Germany when I was 17 when I visited Munich on a School Tour (Thats the second time 17 has come up! will it come up again??) and completely fell in love with the place. I visited again when I was 19 on scout camp to Pfadfinderburg Rieneck south of Franfurt and fell in Love with the German way of life as we were in the middle of no where and I absolutely loved it. I got offered jobs as an au pair all over the Europe and the US, in France, Switzerland, Italy and the UK but I jumped at the opportunity to go to Germany especially Cologne as I have heard so much about it!
How did you get the job?
Wll I advertised on greataupair.com and got a message from the family. (You will notice I am not mentioning anything about the family on this blog as I have yet to gain permission to do so from them. Ill get in contact with them this week eventually!) I must say it was an excellent offer and I would have been a fool to turn it down and I can't wait!
Any more questions? Ask away!
Why an Au Pair?
Yes I know I studied Government and Public Policy but as part of my course I did Social Studies modules and thats what kept me in College (until I failed Economics..Again). I love working with Kids and have done so since I was 17. Im always the one looking after children at family gatherings even though I'm 21 and the second oldest Grandson I'm still one of the kids!!
Why Germany?
Well I must sya this is a valid question as I dont speak German, I speak French! Well I fell in love with Germany when I was 17 when I visited Munich on a School Tour (Thats the second time 17 has come up! will it come up again??) and completely fell in love with the place. I visited again when I was 19 on scout camp to Pfadfinderburg Rieneck south of Franfurt and fell in Love with the German way of life as we were in the middle of no where and I absolutely loved it. I got offered jobs as an au pair all over the Europe and the US, in France, Switzerland, Italy and the UK but I jumped at the opportunity to go to Germany especially Cologne as I have heard so much about it!
How did you get the job?
Wll I advertised on greataupair.com and got a message from the family. (You will notice I am not mentioning anything about the family on this blog as I have yet to gain permission to do so from them. Ill get in contact with them this week eventually!) I must say it was an excellent offer and I would have been a fool to turn it down and I can't wait!
Any more questions? Ask away!
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Guten Tag!
Hello there and welcome to my Blog Stephen Goes to Germany. Basically this blog is about the trails and tribulations of me, Stephen, leaving Ireland and going to Germany for 6 months to, wait for it, be an au pair!!!!
Now its not very often you here of a Male Au Pair let alone a blogging one!
On the Fourth of January 2008 I shall be leaving the Emerald Isle and jetting off to Koln (Cologne is the Anglicised spelling of it) to be the Au Pair for twin 8 year old boys.
The fun part at the moment is preparing for the move, trying to finish at work, learning German, (its a bitch of a language) and sorting out my documents.
Travelling there is turning in to a bitch. The only flights to the area of Germany I am going to is from Farranfore in Kerry! so therefore i have to get transport to there, luckly my parents are great and want to wave me off so thats easy.
Now as im flying Ryanair, im flying into Frankfurt-Hahn which is two hours away from Koln! The joys of it!!!
Now I start work on the 6th of January as the family are on a skiing holiday so will have two days wondering around, and meeting with my one and only friend in Koln! Well at least I have a friend there!
Well thats all for now! Stay tuned for updates and my attempts at the German Language! any questions just leave em as a comment!
Now its not very often you here of a Male Au Pair let alone a blogging one!
On the Fourth of January 2008 I shall be leaving the Emerald Isle and jetting off to Koln (Cologne is the Anglicised spelling of it) to be the Au Pair for twin 8 year old boys.
The fun part at the moment is preparing for the move, trying to finish at work, learning German, (its a bitch of a language) and sorting out my documents.
Travelling there is turning in to a bitch. The only flights to the area of Germany I am going to is from Farranfore in Kerry! so therefore i have to get transport to there, luckly my parents are great and want to wave me off so thats easy.
Now as im flying Ryanair, im flying into Frankfurt-Hahn which is two hours away from Koln! The joys of it!!!
Now I start work on the 6th of January as the family are on a skiing holiday so will have two days wondering around, and meeting with my one and only friend in Koln! Well at least I have a friend there!
Well thats all for now! Stay tuned for updates and my attempts at the German Language! any questions just leave em as a comment!
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