An introduction...

Ciao tutti. Let me introduce myself. My name is Amy and I am currently a primary school teacher in Oman. I’m very happy with my life at the moment, I have a nice job, nice friends and I do plenty of travelling during my holidays. Anyway, it’s my summer break right now and I have been sorting through my old things at my parents’ house with a view to clearing out. Whilst going through a box of old letters, cards etc I came across a diary I kept whilst I was working as a nanny in Italy from September 2008 until May 2009 and thought I would share it in the form of a blog. Many people have asked me what it is like to work for and live with a family as a nanny so perhaps this will give them a taste!

First of all, let’s have a bit of background. I met this family in June 2008 when they became my host family whilst I worked in the children’s school for two weeks running an English language camp. They then asked me to come back and work as a nanny for them at the end of the summer which I agreed to do as, having recently graduated from university, I had very few ideas of what sort of job I wanted and this would give me a year’s breathing space in a beautiful city (Florence).

The family had four members T (mother), P (father), F (daughter aged 6) and N(son aged 4). Originally from Naples, they had moved to Florence for P’s job as what is known in Italy as a notaio (a job a bit like a solicitor).

I hope you enjoy reading about my adventures with them – it was quite an experience!