Verb conjugation of "verlaufen" in German

My brother moved there last year. He met a woman and went after her. After six years they have broken up, but he no longer wanted to return, because he has settled down in his new home. I am visiting him once a year.
If you go to the shopping mall to buy shoes, it takes an hour and two stores until you find the right pair of shoes. But if you go shopping 'stuff' generally, it might take you an entire day to finish.
In winter it is a great place because you can ski. In the summer I like being in Paris because it is a very empty city in summer. The people head down to the coast, to Nice, Cannes and similar.