Hello dear Granny-team,

I have already been here in Malaysia for nearly 4 days.
Everything went well with the flight. No problems with the stopover and the connecting flight from Istanbul to Kuala Lumpur was very pleasant. I had two seats for me alone. I could lie down and even slept tightly for around 5 hours. Thus I was also able to get through the following day. The welcome in the family was also very warm.  Felix, the four year old recognized me at once. (I had already met the family in August 2015 in Freiburg) He came running towards me, hugged and kissed me. Leo, the 2-year-old was not so happy, he had had a slight temperature for two days, but is ok again now.

After the children were in bed, I went to dinner with the parents. I was in bed at last at midnight. At that time I had been up and about for 32 hours - if I deduct the 5 hours sleep on the plane.

As the little one was not allowed in kindergarten the next day, we spent a nice morning together up to his nap. Felix went to his music lesson after Kindergarten. Following that we painted balloons with lots and lots of colour. A huge mess, the floor was just as painted as the three of us. No problem for the floor (white marble, easy to clean) and not for us. After a thorough shower we were presentable again.

My "new home" (the house as such) is very big. My own room is big enough for three (!).
The weather is as one could wish for: blue sky with a few clouds now and again. Temperature: 32 degrees-. You don't need warm water to shower, as the "cold" water is warm enough. On the following day we captured the pool together. Today we also splashed and horsed around for around two hours. I also use the pool every evening for going to bed. I've already done this today and as I write this I am sitting at the edge of the pool and letting my legs dangle in the water.

Liebes Granny-Aupair-Team, von einer wunderschönen Stadt im fernen Osten kommen liebe Grüße von Evelyn
Wieder mal bin ich unendlich dankbar dafür, als Granny in der großen, weiten Welt, diesmal in Shanghai, sein zu dürfen. Mein Aufenthalt geht bis Mitte Mai.

Es gefällt mir hier ausgesprochen gut, und die kleine Sophia ist so ein liebenswertes, herziges Mädchen.
Sie besucht die deutsche Schule in Shanghai, im neuen Stadtteil Pudong. Das lässt ein ehemaliges Lehrerinnenherz gleich höher schlagen.
Ich wohne mit ihr genau gegenüber,  und wir purzeln frühmorgens quasi von einer Haustür in die andere. Die Eltern wohnen sehr weit weg.
Sophia hat hier die Woche über mit der Granny sozusagen ein kleines "Privatinternat".
Ihre Eltern und Großeltern sind sehr gastfreundlich, sie haben immer ein Lächeln parat.

Bereits am ersten freien Wochenende bin ich auf Stadtsafari gegangen.
Im Gepäck hatte ich jede Menge kleine Zettelchen, auf denen alle Eventualitäten in chinesischer Sprache standen, meine Adresse, wo ich hin will, welchen Bus oder welche U-Bahn ich suche, wo eine Toilette ist...
Mit Hilfe dieses "Goldschatzes" und dem Stadtplan von Marco Polo in deutscher Sprache habe ich mich wunderbar zurecht gefunden, und ich freue mich jetzt schon auf die nächsten Exkursionen.

Hello, dear granny-aupair-team,
After spending eight months altogether with a nice family, I did not stow away my suitcase too far, as 20 days later I was travelling in direction Abu Dhabi.

It is really super, that you exist! Many thanks and a lot of greetings from sunny Abu Dhabi from Steffi

Dear Mrs Hansen,

dear Granny-Team

somehow I have the wish to write to you today and thank you. For:
- your tireless commitment to enable us Grannies a gratifying, lovely life, which can not be very easy from time to time.
- that you founded this agency more than 5 years ago.
I will now be returning home in a couple of weeks.

My placement in Madrid was wonderfful. It opened up many doors to other experiences, let me look within myself and has filled me with thankfulness.

I want to wish you all a peaceful Advent time, a tranquil Christmas time and health and luck in the new year 2016.

Best wishes from Madrid

Yours, Monika