{"id":418,"date":"2013-07-18T12:28:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T16:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2013\/07\/18\/au-pair-barbecue-2\/"},"modified":"2013-07-18T12:28:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T16:28:44","slug":"au-pair-barbecue-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2013\/07\/18\/au-pair-barbecue-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pair Barbecue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/July%202013%20Barbecue\/July2013014_zpsc482397f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For our cluster meeting this month we congregated in my backyard for a barbecue. \u00a0 We had a nice big group of au pairs, lots to eat and many good conversations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/July%202013%20Barbecue\/July2013003_zpsb6ddc534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/July%202013%20Barbecue\/July2013005_zps893910c6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Summer is a big change-over time in the au pair world, so for many of my au pairs it was their last meeting and for some their first.\u00a0\u00a0 It was so nice to see how the more seasoned au pairs gave advice to the newer au pairs.\u00a0 It is not easy leaving your family and friends in your home country.\u00a0 My cluster meetings are an excellent opportunity for au pairs to establish a new social network.<\/p>\n<p>For more photos, please go to <a href=\"http:\/\/s975.photobucket.com\/user\/bettinavelona\/library\/July%202013%20Barbecue?sort=3&amp;page=1\">July Barbecue<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For our cluster meeting this month we congregated in my backyard for a barbecue. \u00a0 We had a nice big group of au pairs, lots to eat and many good conversations. 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