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• A Rome Abroad Au Pair’s Birthday Week
   A Rome Abroad Au Pair’s Birthday Week: Beach Days, Vatican Tickets, and a Surprise Trip to Prague One of our Italy au pairs shares what happened when her birthday landed in the middle of her placement: her host family…
• What the Families Taught Me
  There is a kind of knowledge you can only get by sitting at someone else's table. I had traveled before I became an au pair. I had done the museums, the walking tours, the carefully planned itineraries. But I had…
• Memorable Travel Story As An Au Pair
  When Your Plans Fall Apart, Say Yes to the Day Anyway The best travel stories rarely come from the itinerary that goes perfectly. They come from the missed train, the wrong turn, the day that didn’t happen the way you…
• How to Make a New Country Feel Like Home
  There’s a quiet moment after you arrive in a new country. The bags are on the floor. The windows look out onto unfamiliar streets. Even your toothbrush feels like it doesn’t belong. I’ve been in that moment more than once.…
• What I Learned About Myself by Taking the Long Way
  When I first started traveling, I wanted the safest option. The one with the map, the plan, the step-by-step. And honestly, that made sense at the time. But what no one tells you is that there’s a kind of magic…
• Why Every Young Person Should Live Abroad as an Au Pair
  There’s something undeniably enchanting about the idea of living in a foreign country, experiencing a new culture, and immersing yourself in the everyday life of a place far from home. For many young people, the thought of exploring new places…
• Au Pair Program vs. Going It Alone: An Alumna’s Take
  Back in the spring of 2019, I was fresh into a travel obsession and hunting for any way to keep exploring the world. I started watching videos of other people traveling to see what they were doing — and whether…
• Why You Should Go Alone, Even If You’re Scared
  Yes — you should go, even if you’re going alone. Solo travel isn’t a consolation prize for people without a travel partner; it’s often the fastest way to learn who you really are, what you actually want, and how capable…
• How to Take the Leap and Become an Au Pair
  Taking the leap and becoming an au pair for the summer was one of the most incredible things I have ever done. Since I was a child, I always wanted to travel to the places I had read about. What…
• Best Day Trips From Rome: 8 Easy Train Escapes
  The best day trips from Rome are all just a train ride from Roma Termini: Bologna for food, Tivoli for gardens, Naples for pizza and chaos, Anzio and Castel Gandolfo for the sea, Assisi for quiet hill towns, Bracciano for…
• The Best Day Trips From Florence
  Florence is the gem of the Renaissance and deserves enough time to be explored properly. But for eager travelers excited to see other parts of il bel paese, Florence provides the perfect starting point for a number of beautiful day…
• 8 Tips for Beating Jet Lag!
  Flying West ➡️ East On the plane 1. Set your clock to the local time when you get in the plane (or just peek on your personal monitor). 2. Sleep at reasonable hours and as much as you can, you’ll…