{"id":496,"date":"2017-12-02T01:06:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T01:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/?p=496"},"modified":"2017-12-02T01:06:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T01:06:50","slug":"culture-sharing-international-education-week-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2017\/12\/02\/culture-sharing-international-education-week-november-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Sharing for International Education Week &#8211; November 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Au pairs from many countries came together to talk about what their country and culture mean to them.\u00a0 Practicing public speaking and educating one other was the goal for the day.\u00a0 We heard about Brazilian beaches, French races, Austrian skiing, German town squares, Dutch cultural values, Chinese hotpots, Mexican pies (delicious recipe, Ana&#8217;s mom!) and Czech friendships.\u00a0 I shared a cherish gift I received during my own time in Japan from an elder who wrote to me this Zen saying, &#8220;White cloud comes and goes and the mountain is blue.&#8221;\u00a0 We talked about the challenges faced on exchange and remaining steady within ourselves.\u00a0 On top of all this, we tasted pies that represented the US (apple pie), Washington state (marionberry pie) and Thanksgiving (pumpkin pie).\u00a0 Pictured below, these strong young women who shared.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/12\/IMG_2158.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-497\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/12\/IMG_2158-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/12\/IMG_2158-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/12\/IMG_2158-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/12\/IMG_2158.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/12\/IMG_2480-e1512176430458.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-498\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/12\/IMG_2480-e1512176430458-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/12\/IMG_2480-e1512176430458-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/12\/IMG_2480-e1512176430458.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Au pairs from many countries came together to talk about what their country and culture mean to them.\u00a0 Practicing public speaking and educating one other was the goal for the day.\u00a0 We heard about Brazilian beaches, French races, Austrian skiing, German town squares, Dutch cultural values, Chinese hotpots, Mexican pies (delicious recipe, Ana&#8217;s mom!) and  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2017\/12\/02\/culture-sharing-international-education-week-november-2017\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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