At 9.00pm last Friday night, our long-awaited European adventure began when left Brisbane and embarked on our journey to France. It was around 24 hours of travel, including a 4 hour layover in Dubai.

We were very happy to arrive in Paris, grab a macaron or two and stretch our legs as we made our way to the train station conveniently situated beneath Charles de Gaulle airport. There we hopped on the fast train and watched the French countryside blur past as we sped towards our first destination: Bordeaux.