May 7th, 2009
From Mary Poppins to Supernanny: Tackling the British Nanny Myth
Are the Brits really that much better at rearing children than the rest of us? The Au Pair in America program reports a sudden surge in interest from Western Europe, including the U.K., Germany and France, as I report in today’s Wall Street Journal. This comes after years of shrinking participation from those countries and [...]
Apr 20th, 2009
In Europe, Hostels Grow Up
ALMOST three decades after the fact, I can still recall with frightening clarity my first time at a youth hostel. What was billed in my “Let’s Go Europe” book as a “historic” Irish hostel in a “castle,” turned out to be a crumbling tower with no heat, stone floors and mildewed mattresses. I vowed never [...]
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