Stefan and Kees,
thanks for your comments.
I had been in contact with a few clubs near Paris and had discovered
the joining fee (with insurance) to be 225-280E. Which is a bit too
much for, at most, a few hours flying.
However, a back up plan may be to just do some local flying with an
instructor (as per Kees suggestion), although I had hoped to do a short
cross country.

SWK