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My life in the host family

Published: 27.11.2016

Hello dear ones,

I'm getting back to my blog after what feels like an eternity. A lot has happened since my last post about the surf camp, and today I finally found the motivation to tell you about it.

A day after the surf camp, I flew from Sydney to Brisbane, where I was picked up from the airport by my host mother Katja and her two children, Lena and Rhys. I found the host family quite spontaneously on Facebook and so far, I am very happy with them. I have been living with this host family since October 8th and will stay for another two weeks. Here, I work as an Au Pair and live together with Stanley (host father, Australian), Katja (host mother, German), Rhys (6), and Lena (4). We live about three quarters of an hour away from Brisbane, practically between the Gold Coast and Brisbane. Here's a map to give you an idea of where everything is:

(I'm the grey dot)

Most of the time, I simply take care of Lena and have to take Rhys to school. The job itself is not very exciting, but I still enjoy it very much.

Stan playing Toad Golf

Here are some pictures. Lena is the little blonde girl and Rhys is the older boy in the pictures. The brown-haired girl is Marjorie (French), she takes care of the other younger boy (Tommy) and we often meet at her place to go to the pool. I once visited Stan's friends for a weekend and that's when the pictures with the lizard were taken. You really find them everywhere here, and my host father is a master at catching them. And of course, after half an hour of convincing, he forced me to take a picture with it. :D
Everything else is great here, the weather is getting warmer, usually between 27-35°C (and yes, it's still spring). And I'm really enjoying my life here, especially the luxury of having my own room.
I will upload another post soon about my further experiences and my upcoming plans.
Until then, all the best from Australia

xxx
M.


Answer (2)

Mandy
Hi große das freut mich das es dir gut geht. Bei uns ist es langsam bitter kalt aber wir haben ja auch Winter, wünschen dir noch eine schöne Zeit bis zum nächsten mal. Ganz liebe grüße von hauke. 😘LG Mandy

Reik
Schön dich glücklich zu sehen. Genieße die Zeit. Ganz liebe Grüße, Reik