A view from my mother in law's home.
Walking about Rennes under a big unusual blue sky brought to mind the French word Flâneur which is best described, (via The Local)
« A flâneur is someone going for a stroll, taking in the sights and sounds of the streets and possibly having some elevated thoughts as they do it. It has a sense of sophistication, possibly even intellectualism, as it originated in the 19th century when only the monied classes had the leisure time to take aimless strolls."
"If you are walking round to the corner shop to buy toilet cleaner, you are not a flâneur."
"If however, you are taking an aimless stroll along the banks of the Seine, contemplating the historic architecture and the transience of all human experience then you've nailed it. »
I was happily fortunate to be a flâneur at times while visiting my mother in law with my husband xxx
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