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
30th, 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.
