When faced with a layover in an airport this is my general routine: browsing the paperbacks and magazines (rarely buying), checking out the tacky souvenirs (especially the fridge magnets just in case there’s a really kitschy one I need), buying something to munch on, usually M&Ms or pretzels, and either a Coke or a bottle of water to drink. All of this takes approximately 30 minutes, at which point I’ve exhausted all the entertainment options, so I settle down in the bar or at the gate for the duration.
The French, ever conscious of quality of life issues and firm believers in the pleasure principle, know that traveling and layovers suck. So last winter, they offered free UV light therapy to passengers traveling through the capital’s airports to lift their spirits and ease their pain.
This summer, they thought it would be nice to offer free dance lessons to travelers at Orly and Charles De Gaulle, the two Paris airports:
Summertime passengers can use their wait time at the airport to learn any one of 15 dances offered by the airport’s resident trainers from “L’Ecole des Vacances,” including Afro Jazz, Disco, Hip Hop, Mambo, Modern Jazz, Rock & Roll, Salsa, Samba, Tango, Cha-Cha and more. Music and trainer instructions are broadcast through cordless headsets so as to minimize the disturbance to other passengers, and lessons last 10 to 15 minutes each.
How cool is that?
Via Springwise.
OOOH! WAY cool!