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A good chocolate bar is a global effort. \u00a0Theo<\/a> reminded us of that this past Sunday. \u00a0And a culture shock cure for au pairs might very well be chocolate. \u00a0Theo also agreed with us when asked this past Sunday. \u00a0A peaceful community is also a global effort. \u00a0APIA Au Pair representatives from Mozambique, Italy, Colombia, Thailand, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Luxembourg and Peru gathered together in the Fremont (the center of the universe) neighborhood of Seattle to taste and vote on their favorite chocolate bars. \u00a0The building itself once housed the first trolley cars in the city and then the first Redhook Brewery, but now the building is a buzz with chocolate and the global connections the au pairs brought. \u00a0And darn if chocolate and connection wasn’t delicious.
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A good chocolate bar is a global effort. \u00a0Theo<\/a> reminded us of that this past Sunday. \u00a0And a culture shock cure for au pairs might very well be chocolate. \u00a0Theo also agreed with us when asked this past Sunday. \u00a0A peaceful community is also a global effort. \u00a0APIA Au Pair representatives from Mozambique, Italy, Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,9,76,16,21,104,250,35,52],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-child-care","tag-childcare","tag-cross-cultural","tag-cultural-exchange","tag-fremont","tag-live-in-childcare","tag-seattle"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Culture Shock Cure - Chocolate - Feb 2023 - Childcare With A Cultural Flair In Greater Seattle\/Bellevue<\/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=\"The Culture Shock Cure - 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