Adventures In Berlin

Hello everyone!  I know it’s been a while since I last updated you, but things have been very busy since I landed back in Berlin at the end of July.   For one, I have my new job!  I’m ...

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One of my favourite things in the world is travelling.  I love the atmosphere of airport departure lounges.  I love the buzz and the excitement.  I am fortunate that I’ve never really been m...

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It’s often the trial of an ex-pat, when you’ve been away from your home nation for a while, and then you return months later, and things aren’t the same any more.  You build everything up ...

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As everyone is aware, I am no longer working as an au pair here in Berlin.  I have spent a good month or so, a little more, really searching for work.  I went through a phase where I was sendin...

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Me and Kate..I miss you! DEUTSCHLAND!!! From the Brazil/Germany match Guess I'd better get working on reading this... WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME, KATE?! So I went out to get my rent money, a...

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Language : theaupairhandbook : > unterdiesterne > :  >  >>  So you’re in a foreign country. You’re learning the language, >>  you’re trying your hardest to speak ...

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So you’re in a foreign country.  You’re learning the language, you’re trying your hardest to speak the language at every opportunity, because immersion and conversation is the best way to ...

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I really don’t understand why I have this blog anymore.  I’m not an au pair anymore, and I don’t think people really want to read about some girl who’s living in another country, unemplo...

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If I was xenophobic, would I really have spent nearly 20 years learning the language, have spent a year living here previously, and then VOLUNTARILY chosen to move back here?  I don’t think so...

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schotland replied to your post: Response > au pair world should have banned the family, that is what they > usually do so other au pairs wont be a victim. It’s so s...

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So I got a response back from my host family, via aupair-world.  Needless to say, the family do not hold the same view as me.  In fact, they’ve laid some pretty hurtful allegations against me...

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So, after over two weeks of couch surfing and being thankful for people’s kindness I FINALLY FOUND SOMEWHERE TO LIVE! I move in tomorrow.  I’m really happy!  :D The area is amazing, a...

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> DO YOU THINK YOU OVERREACTED TO THE STEALING ACCUSATION? I > UNDERSTAND YOU DIDN’T GET ON WITH THE FAMILY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE > YOU WERE JUST HEATED IN THE MOMENT�...

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So today, I emailed a six paragraph complaint to aupair-world, the website I used to find the host family I was with.  I had initially fired off a very emotional “omg they threw me out!” ema...

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I feel kinda false having this as an au pair blog, and tagging it with au pair things, because that’s not really what this is about anymore.  This is about surviving.  I’ve been thrown head...

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There’s a huge part of me just wants to give all of this up and go home.

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Well, I speak German, but I would say that if you spoke even a little, it would help.  It's a requirement that, in most "mainstream" jobs, you have to have a certain level of German.  As an au ...

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Thanks for your message.  I didn't think that something like this would happen to me.  I talked to the host family a lot on Skype and via email before I came out here.  We got on really well...

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Being an adult is great.  You can eat ice cream at 2am, you can spend all day in your PJs if you want to.  You answer to no one.  You are your own person. But it’s awful, too.  Like when ...

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It’s been a difficult few days. On Friday morning, after having had the conversation with my host dad the night before about them finishing my contract, I went into the kitchen and started to...

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