{"id":1106,"date":"2019-04-02T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2024-07-17T15:57:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T19:57:58","slug":"amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Cluster Meeting at US Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 700 Au Pair in America au pairs from 30 DC\/Maryland\/Virginia area clusters came together on Saturday, March 9 to tour the US Capitol. We were joined by Au Pair in America director, Ruth Ferry. We had a wonderful time and an amazing photo.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Au Pair in America au pairs from the DC\/MD\/VA area, their Community Counselors and APIA director, Ruth Ferry<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"Touring the US Capitol is a highlight of any visit to Washington, DC. The Visitor Center offers free online tickets<\/a> and a limited number of same-day tickets. The tour starts off with a brief and engaging video with some history on the Capitol Building and the US in general. The tour guides are knowledgeable and will take you to some of the building’s most iconic locations.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Touring the US Capitol is a highlight for our cluster every year.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 700 Au Pair in America au pairs from 30 DC\/Maryland\/Virginia area clusters came together on Saturday, March 9 to tour the US Capitol. We were joined by Au Pair in America director, Ruth Ferry. We had a wonderful time and an amazing photo. Touring the US Capitol is a highlight of any visit Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,375,6],"tags":[59,130,180,95,239,445,94],"class_list":["post-1106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-cultural-exchange-and-adjustment","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-aupair","tag-best-of-dc","tag-cluster-meeting","tag-cultural-exchange","tag-us-capitol","tag-visitor-center","tag-washington-dc"],"yoast_head":"\nAmazing Cluster Meeting at US Capitol - Capital City Au Pairs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"More than 700 Au Pair in America au pairs from 30 DC\/Maryland\/Virginia area clusters came together on Saturday, March 9 to tour the US Capitol!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amazing Cluster Meeting at US Capitol - Capital City Au Pairs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More than 700 Au Pair in America au pairs from 30 DC\/Maryland\/Virginia area clusters came together on Saturday, March 9 to tour the US Capitol!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Capital City Au Pairs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-02T13:00:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-17T19:57:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/07\/2019_Capitol_APIA-1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Catherine McEaddy Holmes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Catherine McEaddy Holmes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Catherine McEaddy Holmes\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#\/schema\/person\/7f8853a9f63c54a9e3747701bad58e19\"},\"headline\":\"Amazing Cluster Meeting at US Capitol\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-02T13:00:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-17T19:57:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/\"},\"wordCount\":162,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/07\/2019_Capitol_APIA-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"au pair\",\"best of dc\",\"cluster meeting\",\"cultural exchange\",\"US Capitol\",\"visitor center\",\"washington dc\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\",\"Cultural Exchange and Adjustment\",\"Fun Things We Do\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/\",\"name\":\"Amazing Cluster Meeting at US Capitol - Capital City Au Pairs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/07\/2019_Capitol_APIA-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-02T13:00:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-17T19:57:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"More than 700 Au Pair in America au pairs from 30 DC\/Maryland\/Virginia area clusters came together on Saturday, March 9 to tour the US Capitol!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/07\/2019_Capitol_APIA-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/07\/2019_Capitol_APIA-1.jpg\",\"width\":3200,\"height\":2130,\"caption\":\"Au Pair in America au pairs from the DC\/MD\/VA area, their Community Counselors and APIA director, Ruth Ferry\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Amazing Cluster Meeting at US Capitol\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/\",\"name\":\"Capital City Au Pairs\",\"description\":\"Your Resource for Au Pair in America While Living in Washington, DC\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Au Pair in America\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/01\/APIA.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/01\/APIA.jpg\",\"width\":165,\"height\":165,\"caption\":\"Au Pair in America\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#\/schema\/person\/7f8853a9f63c54a9e3747701bad58e19\",\"name\":\"Catherine McEaddy Holmes\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/684bbbbdb064ba983a05a6506362d97441430c1179b66a1b0c7698d8dc37ca2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/684bbbbdb064ba983a05a6506362d97441430c1179b66a1b0c7698d8dc37ca2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Catherine McEaddy Holmes\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/author\/dcc00\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Amazing Cluster Meeting at US Capitol - Capital City Au Pairs","description":"More than 700 Au Pair in America au pairs from 30 DC\/Maryland\/Virginia area clusters came together on Saturday, March 9 to tour the US Capitol!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Amazing Cluster Meeting at US Capitol - Capital City Au Pairs","og_description":"More than 700 Au Pair in America au pairs from 30 DC\/Maryland\/Virginia area clusters came together on Saturday, March 9 to tour the US Capitol!","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/","og_site_name":"Capital City Au Pairs","article_published_time":"2019-04-02T13:00:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-17T19:57:58+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/07\/2019_Capitol_APIA-1.jpg"}],"author":"Catherine McEaddy Holmes","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Catherine McEaddy Holmes","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/"},"author":{"name":"Catherine McEaddy Holmes","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#\/schema\/person\/7f8853a9f63c54a9e3747701bad58e19"},"headline":"Amazing Cluster Meeting at US Capitol","datePublished":"2019-04-02T13:00:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-17T19:57:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/"},"wordCount":162,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/07\/2019_Capitol_APIA-1.jpg","keywords":["au pair","best of dc","cluster meeting","cultural exchange","US Capitol","visitor center","washington dc"],"articleSection":["Blog","Cultural Exchange and Adjustment","Fun Things We Do"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/","name":"Amazing Cluster Meeting at US Capitol - Capital City Au Pairs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/07\/2019_Capitol_APIA-1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-04-02T13:00:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-17T19:57:58+00:00","description":"More than 700 Au Pair in America au pairs from 30 DC\/Maryland\/Virginia area clusters came together on Saturday, March 9 to tour the US Capitol!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/07\/2019_Capitol_APIA-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/07\/2019_Capitol_APIA-1.jpg","width":3200,"height":2130,"caption":"Au Pair in America au pairs from the DC\/MD\/VA area, their Community Counselors and APIA director, Ruth Ferry"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/amazing-cluster-meeting-at-us-capitol\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Amazing Cluster Meeting at US Capitol"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/","name":"Capital City Au Pairs","description":"Your Resource for Au Pair in America While Living in Washington, DC","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#organization","name":"Au Pair in America","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/01\/APIA.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2019\/01\/APIA.jpg","width":165,"height":165,"caption":"Au Pair in America"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#\/schema\/person\/7f8853a9f63c54a9e3747701bad58e19","name":"Catherine McEaddy Holmes","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/684bbbbdb064ba983a05a6506362d97441430c1179b66a1b0c7698d8dc37ca2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/684bbbbdb064ba983a05a6506362d97441430c1179b66a1b0c7698d8dc37ca2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Catherine McEaddy Holmes"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/author\/dcc00\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}