{"id":285,"date":"2016-01-11T20:25:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T01:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/?p=285"},"modified":"2016-08-31T23:13:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T03:13:47","slug":"52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"52 Weeks &#8211; An Au Pair Adventure Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">52 weeks&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 365 days&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 8760 hours&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 525,600 minutes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A year in the US, full of new and interesting experiences, this is what every au pair dreams of. Live with an American family, learn American culture and customs, experience American life, be a big sister to the host kids, improve their English. So many things you want to see and do, only 52 weeks to accomplish it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It&#8217;s important to make your lists of adventures you want to have, from the simple to the amazing! Everyone has wishes and desires &#8211; make your lists so you don&#8217;t miss out on experiences! Our cluster meeting yesterday was a great time to talk with my au pairs about the things they want to see and do while they are in the US. In many cases, they have already checked off items from their lists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A deck of cards has 52 cards,\u00a0 the same number of weeks an au pair has in the US. I shuffled my deck of cards and dealt each au pair a few cards. As they went around the tables sharing what their cards said, it was fun to see the excitement of a coveted card like Travel to California or Carve a Pumpkin. Hearing these young women relate stories of experiences they had already had to the newer arrivals, offering tips and encouragement, to hear the plans for trips to Florida this spring, so wonderful!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We laughed and even cringed a bit while several au pairs discussed trying rootbeer floats, or shared their excitement at seeing a football or baseball game! We agreed that trips to Chicago or Las Vegas or Hollywood would all be awesome. Dressing up for Halloween was another must do experience! The ideas just kept flowing. I am excited to see where their journeys take them!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/01\/Cynthia-Chan-52-Weeks-An-Au-Pairs-Year-of-Adventure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-286\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/01\/Cynthia-Chan-52-Weeks-An-Au-Pairs-Year-of-Adventure-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Cynthia Chan - 52 Weeks, An Au Pair's Year of Adventure\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/01\/Cynthia-Chan-52-Weeks-An-Au-Pairs-Year-of-Adventure-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/01\/Cynthia-Chan-52-Weeks-An-Au-Pairs-Year-of-Adventure-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/01\/Cynthia-Chan-52-Weeks-An-Au-Pairs-Year-of-Adventure.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>52 weeks&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 365 days&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 8760 hours&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 525,600 minutes&#8230; A year in the US, full of new and interesting experiences, this is what every au pair dreams of. Live with an American family, learn American culture and customs, experience American life, be a big sister to the host kids, improve their English. So many things you  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[236,125,318],"tags":[152,238,237,241,39,240,239,115],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-52-weeks","category-au-pairs","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-52-weeks","tag-au-pair-life","tag-deck-of-cards","tag-dream-big","tag-fun","tag-make-it-happen","tag-plan-ahead","tag-southern-maryland-au-pairs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>52 Weeks - An Au Pair Adventure Plan - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"52 Weeks - An Au Pair Adventure Plan - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"52 weeks&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 365 days&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 8760 hours&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 525,600 minutes&#8230; A year in the US, full of new and interesting experiences, this is what every au pair dreams of. Live with an American family, learn American culture and customs, experience American life, be a big sister to the host kids, improve their English. So many things you Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Au Pairs in Southern Maryland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-12T01:25:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-09-01T03:13:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/01\/Cynthia-Chan-52-Weeks-An-Au-Pairs-Year-of-Adventure-300x169.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cynthia Chan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cynthia Chan\" \/>\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\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/\",\"name\":\"52 Weeks - An Au Pair Adventure Plan - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/01\/Cynthia-Chan-52-Weeks-An-Au-Pairs-Year-of-Adventure-300x169.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-12T01:25:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-01T03:13:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/#\/schema\/person\/55b33229c568083b56e9c1f3d2a2b420\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/01\/Cynthia-Chan-52-Weeks-An-Au-Pairs-Year-of-Adventure.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/01\/Cynthia-Chan-52-Weeks-An-Au-Pairs-Year-of-Adventure.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":540},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"52 Weeks &#8211; An Au Pair Adventure Plan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/\",\"name\":\"Au Pairs in Southern Maryland\",\"description\":\"The place to learn more about Au Pair in America in Southern Maryland \u2013 Serving St Mary&#039;s, Calvert and Charles Counties.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/#\/schema\/person\/55b33229c568083b56e9c1f3d2a2b420\",\"name\":\"Cynthia Chan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4205e9ba02e88639245b227009c49696bd43dd911ed4190a3ffbab07c91d28ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4205e9ba02e88639245b227009c49696bd43dd911ed4190a3ffbab07c91d28ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cynthia Chan\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/author\/mdl00\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"52 Weeks - An Au Pair Adventure Plan - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"52 Weeks - An Au Pair Adventure Plan - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland","og_description":"52 weeks&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 365 days&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 8760 hours&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 525,600 minutes&#8230; A year in the US, full of new and interesting experiences, this is what every au pair dreams of. Live with an American family, learn American culture and customs, experience American life, be a big sister to the host kids, improve their English. So many things you Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/","og_site_name":"Au Pairs in Southern Maryland","article_published_time":"2016-01-12T01:25:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-09-01T03:13:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/01\/Cynthia-Chan-52-Weeks-An-Au-Pairs-Year-of-Adventure-300x169.jpg"}],"author":"Cynthia Chan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cynthia Chan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/","name":"52 Weeks - An Au Pair Adventure Plan - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/01\/Cynthia-Chan-52-Weeks-An-Au-Pairs-Year-of-Adventure-300x169.jpg","datePublished":"2016-01-12T01:25:06+00:00","dateModified":"2016-09-01T03:13:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/#\/schema\/person\/55b33229c568083b56e9c1f3d2a2b420"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/01\/Cynthia-Chan-52-Weeks-An-Au-Pairs-Year-of-Adventure.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/01\/Cynthia-Chan-52-Weeks-An-Au-Pairs-Year-of-Adventure.jpg","width":960,"height":540},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2016\/01\/11\/52-weeks-an-au-pair-adventure-plan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"52 Weeks &#8211; An Au Pair Adventure Plan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/","name":"Au Pairs in Southern Maryland","description":"The place to learn more about Au Pair in America in Southern Maryland \u2013 Serving St Mary&#039;s, Calvert and Charles Counties.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/#\/schema\/person\/55b33229c568083b56e9c1f3d2a2b420","name":"Cynthia Chan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4205e9ba02e88639245b227009c49696bd43dd911ed4190a3ffbab07c91d28ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4205e9ba02e88639245b227009c49696bd43dd911ed4190a3ffbab07c91d28ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cynthia Chan"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/author\/mdl00\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}