To my Furter Hostfamily,
this letter delivers you an insight into my life, so you can decide if I could be the right Au-Pair to live with you.
At first I want to introduce myself: My name is Katrin and I am living with my parents and my sister in a little village called Schweich which is near to Trier. Trier is the oldest German city close to the lovely river Mosel. There is also a big wine-growing region. In Trier you could find a lot of Roman monuments. My parents are called Andrea and Bernd and I have a very good relationship with them. My mother works in as a geriatric nurse and my Dad works as an event maneger in the Arena Trier . I am also pretty close to my younger sister Alexandra (16). She still goes to school. We also got a three years old Parson Russell Terrier called Sid and a fourteen year old cat called Timo. They really supports my wish to go to America. Knowing that this is a great opportunity for me to develop as a person . I am sure that I am going to miss my family.
If I should describe myself as a person I would say I’m very humorous, I am a cheerfull person, I am honest, reliable, serious and warm- hearted. I am also patient and open- minded. I learn fast new things and I’m able to take critcism, I’m trusty and just in time. So i would say I am a responsible person.
I spend a lot of my time with my fiends . My best friends Paula, Luisa and Helen goe to the same school as I. We are very alike and have the same type of humor. So we always have fun together and with our other friends. My friends are basically separated in two groups. The first group are my friends from the town. At the weekends we often go out together. The other group are my friends from school. Because we saw each other nearly every day for about nine years we get along with each other and I hope that we do not loose the contact after having graduated and starting a new period of life.
For me this period of life should start with one year as Au-Pair in America. I think living in a foreign country with a new family for one year is the perfect alternation after being at school for 13 years.
Wanting to gain more independence I am really looking forward to become an Au-Pair. My main reason to spend a year as an Au Pair in the US is that I love to take care of children, watch them grow up and enjoy being with them in general. I hope to experience a lot of different things and become more independent. Furthermore I hope to improve my English, make new friends and get to know another culture. I would like to work as an au pair, because to me children are unique and special. I enjoy working and beeing with children, I love to just be around with them, talking to them, playing with them, going to the park or beach with them or somthing like that. To me one of the best feelings in the world is when you have a child´s trust, and most of all friendship.
Other things I like to do in my spare time is going out to see my friends and meet new people, being at the public pool or riding bike. I also love to dance in the Schweicher Karneval Verein. This is a carnival club. Schweich and Trier is a carnival stronghold with big carnival parades. I dance in diffrent groups. At first the traditional red coated dancing girl in Rhenish carnival and second a kind of show- dance. The one thing I could not life without is music. Unfortunately I stopped playing saxophone. I also like my Temporary job in the Arena Trier. There I often see concerts, bassketttball games and this job allow me to look and work backstage.
Now I want to tell you something about my childcare experiences:
The first time I worked with children was when I was 15 years old. I started to train a group of children in the carnival club. They were 6 to 15 years old and we train every week our dance.We really had a lot of fun together. 2009 I stopped to train them because they get to old and I startet to train the so called "bambini" dance group.This was o group of 7 child in age of 4 to 7 years. And I am still ongoing to train them. But in both group we are two trainers.All in all I was a Tutor for three years and I have still a good relationship to those kids.
Carnival last year I moderate a speacial carnival party for young children and i had a lot of fun with them.
The second childcare experience I made at a practical training in a kindergarten. There I worked together with two kindergarten teachers in the group which includes 24 kids. They were 3 to 6 years old. I have played a lot of games with them, we went to the playground and for walks and tinkered . I also helped the older ones to do their preschool works and the younger ones to dress when we went outside. Besides I had to do some household chores like heating up the meals for the kids, cleaning up and do the dishes. This was no problem for me because I am used to help my mom at home. In the time I worked in the kindergarten I have really became fond of "my kids" and I am going to miss them. I also have a cousins called Lena (six years). She lives near to Schweich and when we visit them we have a lot of fun together. We go to the public pool or just playing some games.
The children and young people who I have worked with were very agile, active and open minded. So I know stressful situations and who I can handel this situations.
Additionally I want to mention that I have my drivers license since August 2009. I am used to drive a lot and so I would say I drive good an save. When I was at driving school I had to make a first aid course which I have successfully passed.
Also I would like to mention that I have a piercings and one tattoo. The piercing is in my bellybutton and so most of the time covered. My tattoo which is a star on my left wrist. So unfortunately I cound not cover it up.
I feel that this is one of the greatest opportunities I will ever have and I would really love to share it with you and your family in order to make this year an unforgettable memory to all of us.
I hope my letter has given you enough information for this time an I am looking forward to talk to you.
Sincerely yours,
Katrin.
One is always getting wiser... 
