Dear Future Au Pair and Tutor,

We are a family from Ningbo, China. We have four boys. 7 years-old Daniel is the youngest, he is fascinated about different countries, flags, cultures and languages. He also likes Chinese poems and calligraphy, and loves to teach our Au Pairs writing Chinese characters. 9 years-old CJ is in Year 4, he is curious and full of imagination. He loves science and arts. JR and Edison are their older brothers, they are in high school and university already. So you will spend the most time with CJ and Daniel to help them learning English, play with them and join in activities with them.

All of us like hiking and biking. Besides, we play tennis couple times a week. I also practice yoga once or twice a week. CJ and Daniel like rock climbing as well. When the weather is nice, we like to go to parks or beachside. We normally have a movie night at home every week or go to movie theater sometime. We travel couple times a year, especially during summer break and winter break, and we'd love to take you with.

Ningbo is a big city with long history, located on the east coast of China, and it takes only 2 hours by train to Shanghai. Our family lives in a three-story penthouse in downtown. You will have a private room with attached bathroom and study area. Looking out of the window you will see two malls across the street, a park and a museum not far away. There are bus stations outside of the neighborhood, and subway stations one block down. There are several universities nearby that you may apply for the language lessons. One of our previous Au Pair studied in Zhejiang Wanli University, which is about 25 minutes away by bus.

There are quite a few sight spots you can visit within 1 hour. From our home, it takes about 15 minutes to Tianyi Ge, which is the oldest existing private library in China; 30 minutes to Dongqian Lake, which is located in eastern Ningbo with beautiful scenery; 40 minutes to Beilun Port, which is one of the largest ports in the world; and 1 hour to Xuedou Temple and Xuedou Maintain, which is a perfect place for hiking! There are more places you can explore in downtown and countryside.

We have hosted 9 Au Pairs from different countries so far. Some of them become really close friends of us that we still contact with. One American girl came back to visit us couple times during her summer breaks. And a Spanish girl came back to stay with us for another year while she was studying in a nearby university. We are looking forward to have you in our family as an Au Pair and friend.

Sincerely Yours,
Yolanda