Halloween is celebrated in many countries including Spain where is already a strong tradition among the youngest. Traditionally in Spain it has been called Dia de todos los santos (All Saints’ Day). Halloween night is celebrated on October 31 so it is a good time to practice your manual skills and creativity besides doing the …
Foreigners’ Identity Number – NIE – Número de Identificación de Extrajeros
Foreigners’ Identity Number – NIE – Número de Identificación de Extrajeros.
Many of you feel lost when you find out that you have to apply for the NIE, if you are going to spend more than 3 months in Spain. Many of you ask me what you have to fill in, when to apply for it and where to submit the NIE application
Meeting other Au Pairs in Spain
Meeting other Au Pairs in Spain Are you willing to come to Spain as an au pair? You may like to read this post about meeting other Au Pairs in Spain. One of the hardest moments when you start as an au pair is making friends in the host country. All of you have leaved …
Au Pair questions to ask on Interview
Au Pair questions to ask on Interview with the host family One of the most important steeps to choose your host family in the matching process is the interview you have to do with your host family, usually by skype. The host family will have questions to make to you but also you must make …
Summer AuPair in Spain
Summer AuPair in Spain Once again in January we started working with the summer AuPair placements in Spain. There are already many Spanish host families who have requested us their next summer aupair. If you have 1 to 3 months, you want to learn Spanish, live with a Spanish family and spend time with the …
Spanish host families, what expect from their au pairs?
Spanish host families, what they expect from their au pairs? Native English speakers firt of all, we have to explain that in Spain most of host families expect an aupair capable to help with english to the kids. or people with very high levels of English, capable of teaching English to children while playing with …
AuPair Letter to host family
AuPair Letter to host family The letter is one of the most important documents in your aupair application. This is where you get to know your future host family, so it is important that you consider certain topics. The letter is the document of your aupair application, together with the photographic collage, which the families …
5 Reasons to use an IAPA registered au pair agency
5 Reasons to use an IAPA registered Au Pair Agency 1: Screening. Au Pair agencies spend time screening host families and au pairs. Families need to know that au pairs are not domestic servers or housekeepers. Au Pairs must to know that they are going to a real family who understands the programme. 2: Support. …
Au Pair matching process
Au Pair matching process How we work when we receive au pair profiles to come to Spain as an au pair? First of all we check all au pair profile carefully to see au pair preferences regarding, start date and length of stay, children ages and number of kids, place and regions and many other …
School holidays in Spain
School holidays in Spain In 10 days the Spanish kids will start their school summer period. Until the 15-20th of September they will be in summer holidays, the wished time wanted for all of them. In Spain we have 3 months of Shool Summer holidays. What other periods of school holidays we have then during …
