Hi guys 👋🏻
So, I had an idea to document some more memories on my blog. I used to do a lot more of these sort of posts before I started posting more book/reading content, and when I had more time haha, life seems to be busy these days!
Here is my third quarterly memories update to capture 2025, we are three quarters of the way through the year!!
These are the third three months of the twelve of 2025!
Let’s take a look.
July
This summer was a lot of fun! It was the first one I had properly had off (excluding 2020) what made it even better was that my husband also had it off. We had lots of adventures.
At the end of July we went to Disneyland Paris together. We last visited in 2019 and this is our second visit to the most magical place on earth. Me and my husband went with my twin sister, her husband and my two nephews. We went on the ferry this time which was fun.
It was such a fun, magical (as always) trip ✨️
We stayed at the Disney Santa Fe hotel this time round and it was so cool. Me and my Nephews watched ‘Cars’ the weekend before in preparation and it did not disappoint. Disney themeing is always on point.
Our room was in the Mater section which was awesome as he was our favourite.
We had a brilliant time, we went on loads of rides, new and classic, saw some shows including ‘The Lion King, spirit of the pride lands’ and the Pixar show too. The Disney dining was delicious and such great value as always, we tried some new places too. The new Avengers area was cool.
It was really cool that now my nephews are older they can go on more rides too.
August
We did lots of fun things in July/August including celebrating birthdays, games nights with family, Hare hunting round our hometown which is always a fun activity, especially with my niece and nephews. We also went for a trip to the seaside, lots of trips to the cinema, went to see a show with my Uni friend in London, visited Colchester Zoo and had an amazing Sun Bear experience – this was one of my highlights. I also had mt leaving meal as I left one of my jobs that I’d been at for 14 years!! (Hence the summer off, woohoo)
One of the best bits about August was that me and my husband went on an impromptu European train holiday for 5ish days. This was so fun and such a different trip to ones we have done before. We travelled on the eurostar, this was my first time, and then used trains in between places to visit Paris, Ghent, Belgium, Pairi Daiza, Rotterdam and Brussels.
This was so much fun. We just had a rucksack each and that was all.
It was so cool to visit so many different places! Paris was lovely and I would definitely go back in a cooler month!! Its was 35° 🥵 it was lovely to see the sights though, including the Effiel tower of course.
Ghent was the biggest suprise for me, it was such a beautiful and unique city that I would highly recommend. We had our first Waffle here, which was delicious. We also did a boat tour of the canal and a Medieval walking tour, which was fascinating – a great way to learn about the city. We also got a great recommendation from our tour guide for the best frites and flemish stew – a food highlight of the trip.
The architecture was amazing and it was so picturesque.
The pictures below are from our favourite part of the trip – Pairi Daiza in Belgium.
This place was absolutely incredible, I can’t put into words how amazing it truly was to see with your own eyes. I heard about it on a tv show at work and it was beyond anything you could imagine. It is one of the largest zoos in Europe and is split up into areas for each continent. The variety of animals and the beautiful enclosure they have are incredible. We were there for a whole day and spent it seeing it all. It was the best day of our 2025.
The picture below shows how happy we were. It is such an incredible, beautiful place that you can’t really describe, you need to experience it.
Rotterdam was an interesting city but probably my least favourite of the trip, as it was quite plain compared to the other places we had been. We went to a cool little ‘Miniworld’ that had tiny models of the city of Rotterdam. This was really cool and it was so interesting to look around. It also had a cool day/night feature so the lights slowly dimed when it was night and the lights in the streets/buildings etc would come on, so you were able to see it at day time and night time, two incredibly different perspectives. Very cool.
We also went to a yummy indoor food market which was amazing. We tried lots of yummy things including a authentic Stroopwafel. The one filled with Nutella was my favourite.
We went home on the eurostar from Brussels so our final day was spent there. We had a tour of a Belgium chocolate museum with lots of free samples and a live demo of how they make authentic Pralines. After a little lunch of some Frites we got on our bus tour for the rest of the day, we stayed on the open top bus, enjoying the sunshine and looking at the sights. This was a good way of seeing the sights if you only have a day like we did. One last waffle and then we headed to the Eurostar.
A truly incredible adventure that we won’t ever forget.
September
September was a bit back to normal for us! My husband started his new job and I started a new term at school.
Some things that we did include more birthdays, my Mum and my nephew! We watched more football, kept up with the gym and hung out with friends.
We also went to the ‘Farewell to the Hares’
As I mentioned above, we had the Hare hunting in our local town throughout the summer and this event at the end of the trail means you can go and see them all in one place. We all go together as a family to this. Its nice to see them all together and spot ones you missed.
All in all, a brilliant summer 😁😃
What’s been your favourite memory of 2025 so far?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Roseanne Byford 