I was in Dijon for most of last week, alternating between strolling purposelessly, (boulevarding, I think is the exact Gallic term) and trying to impersonate the impassivity of the French coffee drinker to the vie exterieure. The when in Rome thing, really

No passes on either score. Just not in my itchy nature to do...well...nothing. I need some focus, a book usually, a paper often, a friend when the occasion permits, but I can't just have nothing. How do they do it? And alternatively, is there anything in the Anglo-Saxon way of live they actually regard the same way we seem to do all of theirs?