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An Aupair is someone who takes care of / look after kids in a foreign family in exchange of food and
accommodation. Moreover/furthermore, you are paid between 70 and 100 per week. Being an Aupair allows
you to discover new cultures, learn new languages, be more competitive for ones resume , discover yourself
and have a new experience but it can be difficult to live in a new country in a foreign family. The language can
make it hard to communicate with the family and other people.
Couch Surfing
Couchsurfing allows you to sleep at a local's for free for one night. If youre lucky, you can sleep in a room
otherwise we sleep on a couch. Some hosts even offer a space in their garden where you can pitch a tent. You
have 226 destinations around the world, there are already 600 000 members who subscribed! Couchsurfing
has/offers many advantages: learning new cultures, discovering new cities, making great friends and traveling
around the world! Couchsurfing is safe, the website has a verification system thanks to credit card. Whats
more, on the website, there is a system of vouch to know if the host and guest are good or not and when you
subscribe you fill in information about yourself. Couchsurfing is very amazing !
Wwoofing
Caseys experience consists in working in a farm and in exchange of this work you receive accommodation
and food. Casey went to Hawaii, in an organic farm for a month and in a macadamia farm for three weeks. In
the farms, she picked coffee of fruits of the trees, fed the parrots and miniatures horses or weed many gardens.
The six reasons to Wwoof are:
- enjoy a good experience
- the trip is free (cheap / affordable price)
- discover a new work, a a new way to farm
- meet different people
- discover organic farming
- learn to be more autonomous
to consist in + V-ing : consister organic : biologique
receive : recevoir for + dure (for 1 day) / during + nom (during the war) : pendant
to pick : rcolter feed, fed, fed : nourrir weed : dsherber
affordable price : un prix abordable autonomous : autonome