SANDRA M

We are a Spanish family. With three kids. Hector 15, David 13 and Sol 12 years old. I am Sandra 47 and my husband is 49 year son old.

We live in a house in the wine making village of Alella, 20 minutes from Barcelona.  Alella is a popular beach town surrounded by mountains. So if you like swimming, running and doing sports it is perfect!! My parents that live just in front of us have a swimming pool. A great place for spending the afternoons with the kids.

Our aim is that the kids learn English. Hector and Sol like to play soccer and David likes to do trampolining. They speak and understand English already as we had been having au pairs in the summer for two or three months for the last six years. David wants to go to Australia for six months and do his 9th grade over there, as my cousin lives in Sindey.

And about Sol and Héctor, we would like to send them for a month to have the chance to live with a family in another country, during the month of July (from the end of June until the end of July). But we are flexible about the starting dates! I think the family that host Héctor or Sol, should have kids, so that they can talk to each other, play or whatever. Maybe this year they can go to your country and next year some of your kids can come to our home!

I was living in the USA for a year when I was 17 and in Holland for a year while I was studying architecture, so I understand very well how important is that experience. We also enjoy meeting new people from other cultures!

The past aupairs have told us that we are an easy-going family to stay with, they have loved their time with us. They would be happy to give you their honest views. We like to eat healthily and are very sporty.

Needless to say, please tell me if you have any questions.

I am looking forward to hearing from you,

Sandra