103: WHAT IS AN AU PAIR?! - Outward Looking In: Kaina’s Gap Year on a Budget

Au pair; noun. origin - French, late 19th century: literally ‘on equal terms’. 

 

At 19 Kaina decided to snag a summer job as an au pair in Spain. This random decision to travel overseas for a summer gig quickly turned into so much more. This week we hear all about what amazing opportunities sprung from that one summer, THEN how when Kaina hit a major turning point in life at 21, she turned to travel to help herself come back with a renewed life plan. Spoiler alert: Kaina is now in her dream career as an environmental biologist. 

 

We discuss: 

• What an au pair is, how she got the gig, and what it was like
• Advice on how to still take the trip even when you’re “broke”
• Why and how she decided to take a gap year at 21
• The ways she saved up for her gap year and how far her money took her
• Getting out of your comfort zone
• That if you don’t like the Alchemist, you just must not have the magic
• More!

 

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Discussed in this episode:

 

AuPairWorld.com

Workaway.info

Skyscanner

40L Osprey Carry-on bag

Couchsurfing.com

Hostelworld.com 

 

 

Kaina’s Recommended Book: 

The Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo

 

 

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SEE YOU ABROAD, FRIENDS! <3

 

-K