Zumba a Paris

Saturday, I took a Zumba class at the American Church in Paris. It's right across from the Seine and it was a beautiful day, so I left 2 1/2 hours early to walk there. Paris has this intoxicating, addictive aura that entices one to walk for hours, which is the perfect balance to for the 3 amazing cookies that I ate on the way. The class is taught by an Au Pair, living in Paris in the church's gym. She started a website, www.aupairsinparis.com, to get all of the Au Pairs together. The class was fun and I met a few girls my age that are Au Pairing in Paris. They both arrived in the Fall and one spoke no French before arriving. After sweating and shaking our hips to Shakira, they convinced me to stay for Ballet. Considering all of the moves in Ballet are French words, it was pretty ironic taking a ballet class in English in Paris. They made me promise to get some more BU students to come to Zumba and hang out, so we'll see how many times I find myself back there.