Hi!
We are a family of four persons; Eva 37, Magnus 40, Gustav 9 and Elsa 7 years old. We live on the west coast of Sweden in a small coastal village called Bovallstrand. We have the sea, archipelago, forest and mountains around us. It is a very popular holiday area in Sweden.
We have had au pair girls in our family since 2003 and we really think that it is a perfect solution for our children and for us to get the daily life to work. As we both work full time it is always a challenge to find the balance between work, school and activities. But since we started to have new “family-members” everything became so much easier and more fun!
With all girls who have lived with us, we are a really big family, we still have contact with most of the girls and they visit us from time to time.
My sister and her family live one house away from us. They also have an au pair (and have had since 2004) and we are like one big family. They have three children, Eric 6, Johan 13 and Marcus 16. We eat lunch together almost every day and Eric, Elsa and Gustav play every day.
As an au pair in our family you will be like an extra family member. You live in your own house in our garden where you have your own bathroom, kitchen and bedroom with a lovely see view from your window. You also have TV and free broadband access.
You will go to school and take Swedish lessons that are individual and based on your level of knowledge in the Swedish language. You will go to a small class with people from all over the world.
We need help from August/September when our current au pair Christina will leave us after 1½ years in our family. If you want to, you can send her an email at christnalangner[a]gmx.de or call her +46 765678773
We would like you to stay for a year (or more).
You can also send an email to Frauke at fraukeziegler[a]hotmail.com or call her +46 736645037. Frauke has worked as au pair in both my sisters and our family.
For more information about Bovallstrand:
http://www.bovall.nu http://www.bovallstrand.com http://www.badholmarna.comWe hope that you find this interesting. Please don't ask us here in the forum but e-mail us your questions at eva[a]bovalls.com and we will answer them and send you some photos
Kind regards
Eva & Magnus