And so it Begins...

Today is the day, the day I have been waiting for.  If you have ever heard anyone talking about having the “travel bug” this bug is real. I am talking from experience. I began my journey to Ecuador August 30^th, 2012 and returned in January 2013. I lived with a host family in Quito, the capital city and went to school like a normal Ecuadorian 17 year old would. I met other Exchange students from America and Europe that embarked on the journey with me and I met Ecuadorians that welcomed me into their country.  Every single person I met was amazing. You would think after spending 5 months away from home I would be ready to stay home for more than a year, but no. I had an amazing time and I wanted to travel more. I could bore you with details about my trip to Ecuador, but really this blog is about my trip to Australia. As I was getting ready to depart for Australia the common question people asked me was how you go about becoming an Au Pair in Australia. When I decided I wanted to travel again I knew I wanted to have a working holiday because of the expenses traveling includes. This obviously means I’m living in another country, but I am still working. I soon realized the best job for me was to be an Au Pair because I love working with children, it is a very rewarding job especially when you really get to know the kids. In the near future I hope to pursue a career in elementary education. Knowing ahead of time I wanted to go to Australia (who wouldn’t?) I searched online “Au Pair in Australia”. Au Pair is a French word that basically means an exchange. I am watching a families kid’s and they are providing me with a place to stay, food to eat, and a car to drive. I got lucky. I picked a newer program and immediately set up a date to Skype Lucy (the founder of the program aupairtoyou) and this was all very exciting. The night we Skyped I told Lucy I wanted to come in January so I could make a fair amount of money before going, she said okay and explained she would be searching for a family for me. 10 minutes after the interview ended I received an email from the owner of the program, Lucy. She stated she had two 3-year-old twin boys and that they needed an Au Pair by the end of next month and that she would like me to be their Au Pair. I thought about it for a few days and decided I would be dumb if I turned this opportunity down and I quickly emailed her back telling her I was in! Now, here I am sitting on the plane to LA from Philly (I'm sitting near two Mainers) and I began my journey in Boston. I started off my trip by almost making an attractive man miss his flight because my bag had to get searched (oh boy its going to be a long trip). I am very tired from waking up at 5am, but I am very excited to meet my little munchkins, Alex and Lachlan. It is only hour 4 out of 38, good luck to me! 

Lots and lots of waiting today.