Old friends

Today was a really good day.

I found out online that there were fitness classes at the American Church of Paris Community Center and I decided to go to one last night. I was really nervous about it, but it turned out SO well. It was basically 45 minutes of cardio workouts to music and then 15 minutes of toning. I really enjoyed it and definitely want to go back. There were 7 or 8 of us in the class, plus the teacher. Her name was Alison and she was probably in her late 50s. She was so nice and everyone else was too. They made me feel so welcome. I definitely worked up a sweat. To top it off, on my way home after it, I gave directions to some lost American couple. They asked me where I was from and I said NC, to which they replied, ahhhh we heard it in your voice! Love it.

Today I got up, went to classes and then went to meet my from Russell from Wake. He's doing the WF program in Dijon and they're in Paris for the week. It was so so good to see him. I ran up to him outside the metro where we were meeting and gave him the biggest hug. It was so good to see someone from the states. We grabbed lunch and walked around some, just catching up, hearing about each other's semesters so far. He studied abroad with me last summer in Tours.

It made me so excited to see Jacob this weekend in Prague, Stephen the next weekend here in Paris, Laura two weekends later in Morocco, and then MY PARENTS  the weekend after that. October is going to be absolutely fantastic.