Hi all, here's my introduction

Hi to everyone at TT. Im Abbie from England and ive been living in Munich for around 6 weeks as an au pair. I should be staying here till May but il see how things go. Ive met some people while here but really wanting to meet some more young interesting people from Munich! Il try and go to these meet ups but mostly the times are wrong for me as then im working. Well, theres my introduction.

Hi cinnamon*girl and welcome.

If u want younger people to meet , join the under 25 meet-ups, but most of them are guys and just few girls. if thats ok with u.

Thanks, i did look at that the once, but i didnt know whether new people are welcome?

All of them were "new people" at some point!

I think that unless otherwise stated, everybody is welcome at every event on the calender. Just listen out for the English voices, or check out the gallery and familiarise yourself with faces.

Good point,
Il see if im free for the next one.

The ratio's not nearly as bad now though.

But yeah, all are definitely welcome to come join in. Even the oldies.

oldies... hehe, some of us seem to be 'middlies' ... stuck between 25, and 40...

There'll be a new aupair in the Munich area. She'll be from Texus, USA and arrives in 3 weeks. Perhaps she'll join you guys. i'm sure she'd love to meet people right away!

Hi there!! i am also a new au pair in Munich, and new to the Toytown community. How are you finding the whole aupairing expereince? Perhaps we can meet soon. Do you know any English speaking aupairs around (there should be tons).

maybe u can meet with this new girl i know, shes from london and also aupair here. she´s nice and friendly, sometimes i just dont have much time to be with her and show her around.

coolies! what's her name and how do I get hold of her?

barefoot rudi i didnt know ur new here also i wrote about her here for cinnamon girl.

Hi, I'm kind of new to this board also, been reading here for a couple of months I guess. I've lived in Germany 2 years now, but lived in Europe quite a bit growing up and am fairly comfortable over here. Anyway, I wonder about those of you here as au pairs. What training do you have, and how did you gain employment in another country? How old are you?

I'm not looking to hire anyone, we have an 18 year old though and I could see her doing this someday. She loves living in Europe! We are going back to the US next year, and I'd love to be able to tell her about an opportunity to come back after she has a year or two of college.

I am a 22 year old from Texas now working as an au pair in the Munich area. I didn't want to join the ranks of the "real world" right after I graduated in May of this year with a B.S. degree, so I searched for work opportunities abroad for someone like me - young, no professional experience, desire to see the world. I came upon the au pair thing accidentally while surfing google, and there are many agencies that match up au pair candidates and families seeking au pairs - I used the Almondbury website (www.aupair-agency.com), but there are many. It is usually free for the au pair to use the services, and I had great support from the agency and lots of families interested in talking with me. I got my degree in child development, and most of my jobs thus far have been service and caretaking-related (student mentoring jobs, campus leadership stuff, camp counselor, etc), so I was drawn to the opportunity. I love it so far, but make sure you actually love working with kids (and all the joys and headaches that come with it) before you commit - if I got here and hated it, I would be in a bit of a bind! I hope this helps...sorry it's so long-winded!

Only 3rd post and already contributing and helping, good on ya !

Welcome.

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Yeah ya do.