{"id":166,"date":"2010-08-27T19:13:28","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T23:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/?p=166"},"modified":"2010-08-27T19:13:28","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T23:13:28","slug":"boston-area-au-pairs-go-canoeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2010\/08\/27\/boston-area-au-pairs-go-canoeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston area au pairs go canoeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Canoeing%20the%20Concord%20River%20August%202010\/CanoeingAugust2010001.jpg\" alt=\"Canoeing The Concord River\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canoeing The Concord River<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We had so much fun last weekend at our August cluster meeting.\u00a0 We met at the boathouse in Concord and rented 3 canoes.\u00a0\u00a0 In groups of 4 or 5 we canoed up the Concord River.\u00a0 There were lots of laughs involved.\u00a0\u00a0 Afterwards, we had a nice picnic by the riverside and enjoyed Thai food, snacks and Lemon Pound Cake.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the new au pairs had a chance to talk to the more seasoned au pairs about courses they are interested in taking.\u00a0\u00a0 As part of the au pair program, au pairs are required to take 6 credits or 80 hours in the classroom.\u00a0 Many au pairs take ESL classes to improve their English, or courses where they learn about American culture.\u00a0 Of course many au pairs are excited to be part of the Harvard Extension School experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"    \" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Canoeing%20the%20Concord%20River%20August%202010\/CanoeingAugust2010009.jpg\" alt=\"Going down the river\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Going down the river<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For more pictures of our meeting, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/s975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Canoeing%20the%20Concord%20River%20August%202010\/\">Canoeing Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 We had so much fun last weekend at our August cluster meeting.\u00a0 We met at the boathouse in Concord and rented 3 canoes.\u00a0\u00a0 In groups of 4 or 5 we canoed up the Concord River.\u00a0 There were lots of laughs involved.\u00a0\u00a0 Afterwards, we had a nice picnic by the riverside and enjoyed Thai food,  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2010\/08\/27\/boston-area-au-pairs-go-canoeing\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[21,32,42,43,53,63,66,226,74,75,133],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","category-uncategorized","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pairs","tag-boston","tag-boston-area","tag-canoeing","tag-classes","tag-concord","tag-cultural-exchange","tag-education","tag-educational-requirement","tag-ma"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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