{"id":417,"date":"2016-06-13T22:09:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T22:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/?p=417"},"modified":"2016-06-13T22:09:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T22:09:56","slug":"together-we-are-stronger-june-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2016\/06\/13\/together-we-are-stronger-june-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Together, We are Stronger &#8211; June 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we thankfully saw no cougars, but we also saw little water on our hike to Coal Creek Falls (too late for much more ice to melt, so falls were a nice, dry picnic spot).\u00a0 Our crew took the many different paths leading up to the Falls and discussed the American culture &#8211; the surprises and the challenges.\u00a0 Newly arrived au pairs also received some good advice from au pairs headed home after almost a year.\u00a0 The discussion reminded everyone what an individual journey cross-cultural exchange can be at times, but that if we stand together, we are stronger!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/06\/IMG_0097.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-418\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/06\/IMG_0097-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0097\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/06\/IMG_0097-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/06\/IMG_0097-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/06\/IMG_0097-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/06\/IMG_0097.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/06\/IMG_0092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-419\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/06\/IMG_0092-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0092\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/06\/IMG_0092-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/06\/IMG_0092-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/06\/IMG_0092-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/06\/IMG_0092.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we thankfully saw no cougars, but we also saw little water on our hike to Coal Creek Falls (too late for much more ice to melt, so falls were a nice, dry picnic spot).\u00a0 Our crew took the many different paths leading up to the Falls and discussed the American culture &#8211; 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