23/05/2025
WE TALK | Marlon’s Cross - Cultural Adventures as a German Au Pair ✨
✨ From the initial stumbles to chatting fluently in Chinese, Marlon‘s Mandarin has improved rapidly — and of course, this is thanks to the help of his Chinese au pair family 👨👩👧
✨ He says he loves Beijing’s sunny weather the most (because it‘s always raining in Germany ☔️)
✨ His Chinese host mom gave him cultural books, and the whole family took him to 打卡 (visit) Harbin, Xi’an, and many other places. He took beautiful and handsome photos in hanfu with his little sister, but was scared by the bullfrogs at the wet market 😂
✨ Although he‘s a vegetarian, he’s obsessed with stinky tofu and jianbing (who would have thought?). This au pair journey has perfectly unlocked his skills in ”nannying in English + chatting in Chinese“ 😎
✨ China and Germany ”met“ in this small family. He says it‘s been an ”eye - opening“ and heartwarming experience. This journey is a two - way 奔赴 (journey) of food and culture, and a warm connection that crosses borders ❤️