My heart aches. / myLot

Ireland

August 23, 2025 11:04am CST

A song just popped up my playlist and the opening lines left me weak at the knees and with a gut full of nostalgia. If @maluse were still around she’d comment “Oh you and your nostalgia!” I miss Maluse. The words from Mentissa are “Gare du Nord en Novembre, les cheveux en pigaille…” and she had me right there just stepping out of Gare du Nord late in the afternoon of a cold, dry winter day. I head towards Rue d’Alsace to meet my brother in Café Les Deux Gares; from there we take the number 46 bus to Avenue Daumesnil where friends are waiting for us to eat in Chez Ma Belle Mére. November is the best time for being in Paris.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (362000)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Aug

My one regret is that we won't get back to France again.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14220)

• Ireland

24 Aug

@judyev I’m unlikely to ever be in Paris again other than flying there to get the train to my brother in Normandy - it’s really only for millionaires now.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (362000)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Aug

@xFiacre I'm not fussed about Paris but would to travel though the countryside again and buy baguettes every morning.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14220)

• Ireland

24 Aug

@JudyEv and pain au chocolat and all the rest.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (482597)

• Italy

24 Aug

I was in touch with Maluse by e-mail, but it is a long time she does not answer back. I noticed serious memory problems during the past previous months. I wonder if she still lives alone. Do not mention France or I also feel full of nostalgia.