Hi there, my name is Elisa and thanks to the team of Au Pair Conecta I am now working as an Au Pair in Scotland.
My first host-family actually was living in the south of England, in Burgess Hill, a nice village close to the coastal town Brighton. It was a single-mother with two children, who I had to look after when she did her hospital working shifts as a nurse.
The host mother helped me to find a language course and settle in, but only after two weeks she told me that her personal circumstances were changing and she couldn´t keep me as her Au Pair. Her husband, whom she was separated from, lost his job and they agreed that he would be in charge of the children, when she works.
At first I got really upset, thinking that I might have to go back home, if it turned out to be difficult to find a new host. So I contacted Au Pair Conecta directly and they gave me wonderful support. From the very moment I told them what had happened, they worked non-stop and in close collaboration with the agency in London to find a solution quickly. After a couple of days they started sending me new family files. I had 6 interviews with different families and after 10 days I moved in at my new home. Both agencies, Au Pair Conecta in Spain as well as their partner here in England proofed to be serious and professional and that gave me a lot of security and tranquility. I even received preference in choosing families due to the fact that all needed to be sorted out quickly and I had to find a new host so soon.
Au pair Conecta not only worked in collaboration with the London agency, but also contacted various other partners to rise my possibilities of finding a family.
This way I ended up in Aberdeen in Scotland. I am very happy with my new family! They are great people, very friendly and loving. From the first day on they made me feel at home in their house and the children are very well educated, so we get along wonderfully!
They have three children, who I look after during my working hours. The family is very sweet and they look after me as if I was another daughter: they pay for my bustickets to go to language school and they buy me books to practise and exercise my English. When I commit errors, they always let me know and correct me. On my birthday they organized a dinner for me to celebrate and they gave me a gift-voucher for Zara, so I could get what I most liked for myself. Apart of that I can receive friends and family visiting me, as they have a guest room which they offered.
THrough my agency I received a list of other Au Pairs who live in the same area, so we can meet and get to know each other. This way I practise and improve my English while making friends in my free time.
The photo I am attaching was taken at the entrace of Edinburgh castle. Edinburgh is amazing and beautiful and it´s not that far from Aberdeen. I am very happy with all the experiences I am living day by day. Even though being Au Pair is not always easy, I am learning so much. Not only the language, but also heaps of things for life in general. There´s new impressions every day and I recommend the Au Pair experience to everybody!!!
With many greetings from Scotland! Elisa