Home Away From Home

What makes up a home? Some say that home is where the heart is, but have you ever really thought of what that means?

I’ve been away from home and away from easy access to Paris, my MacBook. So first, let me apologize for not posting my normal Les Mills spoilers, life drama and antics. If you follow me on twitter, you may now that I’ve been in my home away from home: Paris, France. 

It’s been almost 3 months. Enough time to get over the tourist vibe and really start to settle into my Parisian stomping grounds. As I contemplated moving, I started to think about what really makes a place feel like home. Is a home really where the heart is?

Yes, in fact, I would agree. At first I didn’t think it was that simple; however, after I shaved down the list of essentials that I needed to make Paris feel like home, I realized those items made up my heart. 

Interested in knowing that made the list?

The flat (or at least a place to call my own)
A Gym
Les Mills
Internet

Ok, so in the end, I think my heart is made up of working out and using social media. But in my defense, social media is my medium by which I connect with my loved ones and the gym is how I quite literally keep my heart healthy and prevent myself from gaining all that weight back. <- Wow that’s a run on sentence. 

Have you ever moved away from your original home? What ended up on your essentials list? Let me know!

FYI: If you’ve never been to Europe, you’ll quickly learn that gyms aren’t as readily available compared to the United States. We have gyms of all types on every corner. Maybe because we are inundated with gyms, it drives the prices down to an affordable amount, because in Europe gym prices are outrageous. Three of the gyms near me in Paris cost approximately 180 USD per month. Uh, what?

Welp, tomorrow I hope on a plane back to the United States to visit. I’ll make a few guest appearances at my old gyms and teach a few Spin and Sh’Bam classes. I can’t wait. 

Until then!

Yours from Paris,

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