Swiss Miss

Bon Jour,
Well I have been successful. My first week will end tomorrow and I can thankfully say that I have made the right decision. I am an Au Pair in the town of Jussy, Switzerland... Jussy, not pernounced like it looks, but rather like Juicy, except when pernounced by a local it is less forced. Who can say they did this right out of highschool? I love it here and I have 10 months in my path. Here is a bit about my family.

Greet- Mother. Drinks lots of Nespresso and wine. Two things of which we now have in common. She is carefree, loves life and is renovating her house... her architect skills are that of a genius. She is who I came in contact about my job here, she is a goregeous 30 some woman with the thought of only the best for her four children. She wears 7 For All Man Kind jeans and is bummed when she gets rips in them because they are new, not because of their price. She is the ideal mother, giving love and open arms to everyone.

Herwig- Father. Works a lot, but he loves Youtube.com and thinks Robin Williams is possibly the funniest man alive. He has a kind heart and always asks me questions. He currently is in New York, he works for a bank in Genevé and travels a lot. He will go to Singapore and Hong Kong in the up coming months. He loves his kids but is strict to keep them in reality and focused on their studies. Greet and himself are both Belgian and they both speak fluent French, Dutch, English, I think German and Spanish as well; their kids are almost the same.

Louis- Oldest child, age 12. Speaks very good English and is an active boy who does not care for girls but focuses hard on studies and his soccer. He is a good kid, who only wears Abercrombie. He wants to be a DJ and plays me all types of music including "...apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur..." he thinks it is a great song. He is just your typical 12 year old with a great sense of humor.

Henri- Age 9. Henri I think likes me as a person, but he does not like the idea of me. The idea that there is another person in charge at home. He often talks back in a broken language between English, French, and Dutch. But he is a good kid and I enjoy is company when he is not trying to be an actor or a comedian. His English is not very good, but we are working together to understand one another.

Marie- Age 8. Speaks English ok and tries to speak it as much as possible to me. She is a very nice girl, but tries to show off by not listening when her friends come over. She always is playing with my hair and asking me questions abou where I live, and is often suprised by the simplest things. She plays field hockey and is often found reading in her room.

Helené- Age 3...will be 4 next month. The only English she knows is "yes," "no," and "yes man", and when something scares her or suprises her she shouts "MAMMA MIA," we dont know if she has seen the movie or just picked it up somewhere. She is a sweet girl but we often get frustrated with eachother because we cant understand on another, but when she sees me, she gets a big smile, unless im telling her she cant do something.

Molly- Age 4. Dog. The fattest 4 year old dog I have ever seen. Her food is all the food scraped off the plate into her bowl. But she is the sweetest dog I have ever met. She follows me around the house with the kids and then sleeps in my room or in the hall outside my room at night, and we get along great.

Yesterday was my first actual day of work because the first few were just me getting to know the children. Friday night I met Sardau, an AuPair from Holland, we went out for dinner and drinks, and she is such a sweet girl. She is a vegetarian too so we share the same food interests. We were so excited to meet eachother, because we were not a child to take care of, or a parent whom we cant always talk about the same things with. Saturday I went bowling with the kids, there were a lot of attractive guys my age, but tagging along with 4 kids and a huge language barrier is not always a plus. Things are so different here I can't even begin to explain. I like that there is more nature than earth here... you will see in my upcoming photos.

Time for bed
Ciao
Jess

P.S. Anna... Incognito Street is fabulous, I just read through the chapter where she has to decided to go with Laura to Italy, it seems like it is going to end but there is a half the book left. I have been reading the book with multiple sips of wine, it puts me in the mood and I feel like I am along side her on her fabulous journey. Thanks for introducing my tastebuds to great wine Anna/Kozmo.