Au Pair in 意大利
Irene, 西班牙人
lang="en" Hii!! I’m Irene. I spent two months this summer in Italy, specifically in the Marche region, working as an Au Pair, and I would love to sh ❱❱
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Hii!! I’m Irene. I spent two months this summer in Italy, specifically in the Marche region, working as an Au Pair, and I would love to share a bit about my experience.
I decided to become an Au Pair as a way to grow personally. I’m someone who is always looking for new experiences that help me develop as a person, and that’s exactly what this adventure has given me. The idea of having to manage everything on my own in another country really caught my attention.
Being abroad for that amount of time hasn’t always been easy. I must say that I have been really fortunate with my host family—they treated me incredibly well. However, being on your own, especially without knowing the language, can be challenging. It’s important to know that you’re going to take care of children, but without educating them, and that is quite challenging. You really have to adapt to the family’s rules, but without knowing them at first.
For me, the hardest part at the beginning was figuring out what I could or couldn’t do—things that weren’t allowed in my house back home might be totally fine in theirs, and the other way around. As advice, I’d recommend asking all of these things beforehand, although I can assure you that you’ll still face some confusion along the way. You will learn a lot about adapting—especially to a reality that’s not your own and that you might not always like. That was one of the reasons I wanted to go, but it can be tough.
You also have to know that, if you don't know the language of the country that you are going, the first weeks are going to be quite hard, because you won't be able to communicate as you'd want to with the family, and it's a bit frustrating. I have to say that, the first weeks, I always had headaches.
Another piece of advice I’d give is to talk clearly with your host family about the hours you’re expected to spend with the children. I really recommend having a fixed schedule, or at least something as clear as possible. I didn’t do this with my host family, and we ended up having a few misunderstandings because of it.
Even so, I have to say that for me, the experience was a positive one. I feel like I had been really lucky, and I had a great connection with the girls I took care of. But it’s important to remember that many Au Pairs do have difficult experiences, so you need to be careful and communicate very well from the start.
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