{"id":1571,"date":"2014-06-12T08:18:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T08:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.greataupair.com\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2017-11-30T05:47:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T05:47:56","slug":"dallasfort-worth-the-lone-star-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/dallasfort-worth-the-lone-star-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pair in Dallas\/Fort Worth, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas (or DFW \u2013 Dallas\/Fort Worth as its most commonly known) is actually a group of several large & small cities and towns that make up one of the most diverse areas of Texas.<\/p>\n

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Fort Worth started out as a railroad and cattle town and still retains much of the \u2018cowboy\u2019 culture today.\u00a0 In addition to its zoo and arboretum, the Fort Worth Stockyards<\/a> and rodeo are major tourism draws and a great way to spend a day or weekend. This is where you will find the \u201cwild west\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Dallas, or the \u201cBig D\u201d is home to some of the best shopping, dining, arts, culture and history in the state. You can spend an afternoon with your host family at the Perot Museum<\/a> where they feature activities for children, teens and families or enjoy a weekend at the Dallas Zoo. \u00a0The Dallas Arboretum<\/a> is a dream in the spring where you can take a picnic and enjoy live music amongst the thousands of tulips. Dallas also has several farmers markets, museums, and sculpture gardens so there is never a shortage of things to do!<\/p>\n

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If shopping is your thing, there are several malls and outlet malls as well as vintage shops and craft festivals.<\/p>\n

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Weekends in and around DFW are always filled with options.\u00a0 In the spring, there are farmers markets, baseball (both professional and minor league), art festivals, a St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade on Greenville Ave, food and wine festivals (Greek Fest, Taste of Addison, Chocolate Festival, and much more).\u00a0 In the summer there are several water parks, lakes, Six Flags of Texas, and tons of shopping.\u00a0 4th<\/sup>\u00a0of July offers KaBoomtown<\/a> in Addison, and fireworks in almost every town!<\/p>\n

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In the fall and winter, you can\u2019t miss Oktoberfest in Addison, the Balloon Festival<\/a> in Plano, train rides in Grapevine, Texas football games, or countless other activities.<\/p>\n

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Dallas is a 4 hour drive from Austin or San Antonio, and 6-7 hours to Houston, so weekend trips are a must!\u00a0 Austin has a great music and art scene and is our state capital. \u00a0San Antonio is home of the Alamo<\/a>, and the world famous Riverwalk<\/a>, and Houston is close to Galveston, the beach,\u00a0NASA<\/a> and \u00a0Moody Gardens nature museum.<\/p>\n

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Complete<\/a> your application today, so we can match you with our friendly Dallas\/Ft Worth host families!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dallas (or DFW \u2013 Dallas\/Fort Worth as its most commonly known) is actually a group of several large & small cities and towns that make up one of the most diverse areas of Texas. Fort Worth started out as a railroad and cattle town and still retains much of the \u2018cowboy\u2019 culture today.\u00a0 In addition to its zoo and arboretum,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[61,59,49,140,60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1571"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1987,"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions\/1987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greataupair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}