I spotted this little gem the other day – a delightful short film by French new wave director Éric Rohmer, which follows a young university exchange student, Nadja Tesich, in 1960s Paris.  Nadja narrates her way around her favourite haunts in Paris doing the simplest of things; running through a sunny park, people watching from a coffee shop, chatting with her intellectual friends in a café on the Left Bank, then spending the day walking around the working class suburb of Belleville to gain some perspective from her usual student life, wading through a stream in bare feet, eating at a patisserie for lunch, drinking a glass of red wine at a bar in the afternoon while chatting to the patrons, or wandering around an art gallery.  As the article says, this film is for Paris dreamers.

I love this little film because whenever I’ve travelled, my most favourite adventures are just like this – enjoyable day-to-day activities you fancy the locals might do, people watching being the very best thing of all when you’re away from home.

Image from: IMCDB
Short film by Éric Rohmer