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Paris 2025 - The Start of a Long Journey (Day 1)

After many months of waiting, it was finally the day for us to set off on our eagerly anticipated holiday to Disneyland Paris. From researching many different travel options, we decided to go on a bit of a long winded route to get to Paris which involved driving down to Southampton to stay in Nicole's mum's 'AirBnB' before getting a coach into London the following day to embark on the Eurostar. This meant that the first day of our holiday involved a lot of driving. Unfortunately, the traffic was not good so the trip took us about 2 hours longer than usual. However, we still managed to find time for our compulsory two stops. 

Firstly, we took a detour to Coughton Court, a National Trust property. Shannon had read online that the family are planning to take it back from the National Trust and it would therefore not be free for members to visit for much longer, so we wanted to make sure we paid a visit before this happened. The site consisted of a 15th century house, gardens and opportunities for walks (sadly we didn't have time for the latter). As part of viewing the house, we were able to go up the spiral stairs out onto the roof of the tower which provided sensational views. 

We then headed off on our second stop before arriving in Southampton, which was to McDonald's for a McFlurry! We made an impromptu stop off one time on our journey down and this seems to have stuck as a tradition. Nicole enjoyed the Biscoff flavour and Shannon had a smarties one. 

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