{"id":10228,"date":"2021-06-30T18:06:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T22:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.aupairusa.org\/au-pairs\/?p=10228"},"modified":"2021-07-01T09:33:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T13:33:31","slug":"au-pairs-explore-the-sights-closer-to-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.aupairusa.org\/au-pairs\/cultural-exchange-stories\/au-pairs-explore-the-sights-closer-to-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pairs Explore the Sights Closer to Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>Over the past year, the opportunities to travel far have been limited. This new reality could have been especially disheartening to au pairs hoping to explore this huge country, but these limitations couldn\u2019t didn&#8217;t stop our au pairs them. from exploring parts of America closer to their new homes. Instead of traveling great distances, they au pairs found interesting places closer to home and explored these local areas more deeply. When they couldn\u2019t travel with others, they traveled solo. And they took advantage of opportunities to spend more time with their host families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Big Solo Trips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mountains were central to au pair Rita&#8217;s lockdown traveling experience. When she joined a California host family near Yosemite National Park, Rita &#8211; from Portugal &#8211; was excited to visit the park at some point during her stay. &#8220;I was so eager to go,&#8221; says Rita, &#8220;that I traveled during the chilly weather of the fall season. I had a week off and none of my friends were available to go, so I decided to go by myself. Yosemite was a priority on my travel list.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was a bit nervous though,&#8221; she admits, &#8220;because it was the first time I was doing a solo trip.&#8221; But she found that the trip made her grow as a person, &#8220;Being alone made me trust myself and plan more. I am very distracted and I always lose things like the car keys, and knowing that I was the only one I could count on made me more aware of my surroundings and my things.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aupairusa.org\/au-pairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Lake_Tenaya_in_Yosemite_NP.jpeg\" alt=\"Mountains and a lake in Yosemite National Park.\" class=\"wp-image-10268\" width=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aupairusa.org\/au-pairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Lake_Tenaya_in_Yosemite_NP.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/blog.aupairusa.org\/au-pairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Lake_Tenaya_in_Yosemite_NP-300x261.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.aupairusa.org\/au-pairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Lake_Tenaya_in_Yosemite_NP-385x335.jpeg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>With views like this, Yosemite was worth the solo trip! Image courtesy of user &#8220;Brocken Inaglory&#8221; via Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yosemite wasn&#8217;t the only trip Rita took. &#8220;I love to drive around California. Driving alongside agricultural fields made me realize how much farming goes on in California. I also drove up to San Francisco, where I visited the different neighborhoods and learned about the incredible multicultural diversity that the city is built on. I also drove through Big Sur, where the view was stunning. It was one of the best experiences of my life. Through the trip, I learned about U.S. culture. One of the things I learned is that Americans value being outside.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trips closer to home<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast to Rita, Mexican au pair Dham was at first pessimistic that she&#8217;d be able to travel at all during the pandemic. However, her Philadelphia host family was very accommodating of her desire to travel. &#8220;They introduced me to the culture and cities around Philadelphia. We went to New York, New Jersey, and Washington.\u201d says Dham. \u201cWe travel safely &#8211; with masks and sanitizer gel,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/209gR8NLqlCklq3c7hFTQgLQtLmtC43ZJ1vecxDK5IBdiOgqd5z1VYiDs5zdwvmuWucX9Lh2mNOjhK-aRYpsmPWb2_7EnqjbN5DL9FKCxYQAMSG3eNU52Q9dfdGanmtO5gEe9u37\" alt=\"A woman in a beige dress in front of a house with pink and green siding.\" width=\"839\"\/><figcaption>Dham enjoyed a very Instagrammable pink house in Georgetown, Washington D.C. Image courtesy of Dham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Au pair Lucas, from Brazil, also spent time during the pandemic traveling closer to home with his Baltimore based host family. &#8220;We went to Pocono Pines in Pennsylvania for 3 days. It was really cool and exciting, because we did a lot of activities that I had never done before, not to mention that they always gave me the freedom to do what I wanted. The trip made us stay closer than we would have been!&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/3SRJ97SYk0GuYHLxi8AKtip-OXVbB3VHar18dRT9d383oZGKYRf-do3OTdZGLQVj2T-0Yv0tWKFnhD-5Re94iqH_QTKm0QAedQyt-Q2xoCtL7zie-Jq6GuHspIMEVsrkElPLz-2G\" alt=\"The intersection of two streets in the Poconos, with mountains in the background.\" width=\"839\"\/><figcaption>Lucas loved the &#8220;small town America&#8221; feel of the Poconos! Image courtesy of Lucas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Rita, Lucas&#8217;s trip also taught him about American culture: &#8220;It&#8217;s totally different from Brazil&#8217;s,&#8221; he says. &#8220;In the beginning, the differences were really shocking, but now I\u2019m getting used to it.&#8221; Traveling with his host family helped him speed this process along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting to know their own cities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington state au pair Roc\u00edo explored areas <em>very<\/em> close to her new home, traveling around the Seattle area. 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