Hi everyone,
I wasn´t sure if I was going to be blogging on this trip since I´m not going to be travelling to far while I´m working but you´ve all persuaded me - so if you don´t like it you only have yourselves to blame...just kidding.
As of today I´m working in a little village next to the city of Bilbao in northern Spain as an au pair. Now some of you will have heard tales from the last time I had an au pair job and might be wondering why I´m trying it again. I think I was just unfortunate with the family I worked with back in Milan but this family seems lovely and I´m looking forward to getting to know them better while I´m here.
I´ve actually been away from home a week already but I spent my time visiting two of my best friends in different parts of Scotland, celebrating my friend Rhona´s 21st birthday with a masquerade ball and then getting under my friend Courtney´s feet as I dosed on the sofa for a couple of days - luckily she doesn´t normally seem to mind me doing this!
So after staying with Courtney I flew out from Edinburgh first thing this morning and after a 1 hour drive from Santander airport we arrived in Sapelo - only a few kilometers from Bilbao. The village is right on the beach and the house is only a 5 minute walk from the shore. The house is beautiful and there´s a lovely garden with a swimming pool.
The family has a few different pets, including 3 dogs and a donkey - the third place I´ve stayed in Spain with a donkey - I guess it´s more normal than I thought!
Ok, so since I´ve only been here a matter of hours I should probably head off so I can experience some new things to write about, but I´ll blog fairly regularly and post it on my facebook and my Drifting Gipsy page for anyone who´s interested. Alternatively I think you can subscribe at the bottom of the page.
I wasn´t sure if I was going to be blogging on this trip since I´m not going to be travelling to far while I´m working but you´ve all persuaded me - so if you don´t like it you only have yourselves to blame...just kidding.
As of today I´m working in a little village next to the city of Bilbao in northern Spain as an au pair. Now some of you will have heard tales from the last time I had an au pair job and might be wondering why I´m trying it again. I think I was just unfortunate with the family I worked with back in Milan but this family seems lovely and I´m looking forward to getting to know them better while I´m here.
I´ve actually been away from home a week already but I spent my time visiting two of my best friends in different parts of Scotland, celebrating my friend Rhona´s 21st birthday with a masquerade ball and then getting under my friend Courtney´s feet as I dosed on the sofa for a couple of days - luckily she doesn´t normally seem to mind me doing this!
So after staying with Courtney I flew out from Edinburgh first thing this morning and after a 1 hour drive from Santander airport we arrived in Sapelo - only a few kilometers from Bilbao. The village is right on the beach and the house is only a 5 minute walk from the shore. The house is beautiful and there´s a lovely garden with a swimming pool.
The family has a few different pets, including 3 dogs and a donkey - the third place I´ve stayed in Spain with a donkey - I guess it´s more normal than I thought!
Ok, so since I´ve only been here a matter of hours I should probably head off so I can experience some new things to write about, but I´ll blog fairly regularly and post it on my facebook and my Drifting Gipsy page for anyone who´s interested. Alternatively I think you can subscribe at the bottom of the page.
the view from my bedroom window!
Ok I´ll speak to you all again soon! Ciao.
