We met with our aupairs in our cluster today for a kayaking event as our August cluster meeting at the Charles River.
Many new aupairs who just arrived last week had a chance to get connections to others and saw the Boston skyline for their first time. We had wonderful weather and it was dry and not too hot to paddle along the river through the salt and pepper bridge that connects Boston with Cambridge.
After signing in we waited for everybody to be there
Lu from Brazil with Jessica and Hannah from South Africa
Franzi, Theresa and Lara from Germany who arrived just 2 days ago in Boston
Joyce from China and Jamie from South Korea shared a kayak together
Vanessa from Brazil with her friend Mayara also shared one kayak
Afterwards we had a picnic together to share information about education and other parts of the aupair program
For some aupairs it was also their last cluster meeting because they will go home after being an aupair for one successful year like Maria from Germany does in the Educare program. Or like Hannah from South Africa who will extend her stay as an aupair in the standart aupair program for another year in a different area of the US.
It was a wonderful meeting to share memories, exchange experiences to give out hints and tips for new aupairs and to enjoy the outdoors together. To see all pix please go to Kayaking August cluster meeting 2012.