Lone (21 / Ms. ), Norwegian, Cashier living in Norway looking for Au Pair & Nanny job in Australia, China, Italy, Japan & South Korea for 1-3 Months

My name is Lone and I’m a 21 year old university student. I currently live where I was born and raised on the coastline of western Norway. I study comparative politics full time, and therefore I’m only looking for work I can do during my summer break (may-august). I live at home with my parents, twin sister, three cats and six chickens. I’ve grown up around animals and nature, but as an adult I love the 24/7 city life! My hobbies include: baking, language learning, cuddling my cats, playing video games, reading, and doing arts & crafts. I’m very much a homebody during the winter months (which feels like it’s half the year where I live) because the weather is rarely enjoyable here. In the spring and summer I try to spend as much time outside as I can, going on picnics and swimming!

I’d like to become au pair because I LIVE for travelling! If I had the funds and guaranteed safety for it, I’d be travelling for a living, but since that is not possible, I’m open to many other types of experiences! Even though travelling is my greatest passion, I also love kids. Unfortunately I am the youngest of all my cousins so it took a while before I was old enough to babysit their kids myself, but now that I am I enjoy the time I spend with them very much. Being an au pair feels like a package deal for me, I get to travel to new places and experience the culture there, whilst I get to have a genuinely fun and giving job!

I believe my greatest advantage as an au pair would be my likability. I love kids, and they tend to love me too. I may not have as much experience as other nannies have on this site, but my advantage is that kids become very comfortable with me quickly (I’ve been told it’s because I’m sweet both inside and on the outside). I love seeing how the mind of a child works too. Their innate ability for imagination and creativity has long been out of my reach, but that’s what makes me enjoy spending time with them even more. It’s been a long time since I saw the world through the eyes of a child, but spending every day with kids gives me another outlook on life (+ kids are just outright hilarious sometimes). My mom has always told me any child that comes in to your life, whether biological, by accident, through trial and error or of different blood, is an absolute blessing. I am a child of very loving parents myself and I’ve always felt wanted and loved in this world, and I’d love to pass that feeling onto as many children as I can. I hope I can have children one day myself, but I don’t see that for myself in the near future.