{"id":1927,"date":"2012-08-19T15:18:05","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T19:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/2012\/08\/19\/kayaking-for-our-august-cluster-meeting\/"},"modified":"2012-08-19T15:18:05","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T19:18:05","slug":"kayaking-for-our-august-cluster-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/2012\/08\/19\/kayaking-for-our-august-cluster-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayaking for our August cluster meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We met with our aupairs in our cluster today for a\u00a0 kayaking event as our August cluster meeting at the Charles River.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_602\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-602\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-602\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070389-Copy-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"After signing in we waited for everybody to be there\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070389-Copy-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070389-Copy-624x445.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070389-Copy.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After signing in we waited for everybody to be there<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_603\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-603\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-603\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070413-Copy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lu from Brazil with Jessica and Hannah from South Africa\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070413-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070413-Copy-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070413-Copy.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lu from Brazil with Jessica and Hannah from South Africa<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_604\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-604\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-604\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070415-Copy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Franzi, Theresa and Lara from Germany who arrived just 2 days ago in Boston\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070415-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070415-Copy-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070415-Copy.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Franzi, Theresa and Lara from Germany who arrived just 2 days ago in Boston<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_605\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-605\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-605\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070421-Copy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sammi and Jamie from South Korea shared a kayak together\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070421-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070421-Copy-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070421-Copy.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joyce from China and Jamie from South Korea shared a kayak together<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_606\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-606\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-606\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070425-Copy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Vanessa from Brazil with her friend also shared one kayak\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070425-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070425-Copy-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070425-Copy.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanessa from Brazil with her friend Mayara also shared one kayak<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_607\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-607\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-607\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070434-Copy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Afterwards we had a pic nic together to share information about education together\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070434-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070434-Copy-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/08\/P1070434-Copy.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Afterwards we had a picnic together to share information about education and other parts of the aupair program<\/p><\/div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/s1044.photobucket.com\/albums\/b442\/hkriszun\/Kayaking%20at%20August%20cluster%20meeting%202012\/\">Kayaking August cluster meeting 2012.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We met with our aupairs in our cluster today for a\u00a0 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. 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