EURO DISNEY L'OUVERTURE

"Yeah so it turned out that we were there in Disneyland Paris at the same time they were celebrating their opening, 25 years ago!" said Rory, excitedly.

My eyes widened. For a brief moment I was back in a GCSE French class writing an essay on Euro Disney: L'ouverture, for Madame Wallis. Lisa was whispering next to me about how expensive Coca Cola was on the resort and how that shows the advance of capitalism in western society. Chris was doing a line drawing of Mickey Mouse.

It was 1992 and I was in Year 10. Two statements that are both true, but don't feel like they ought to be, now that I look at them out here, a quarter of a century into the future.

Lisa went on to be a director at a massive company. She owns horses and lives in a house with a table that's bigger than my kitchen. Chris fixes computers, I think. I just kept writing.

"So, we had a really good time," said Rory, dragging me back to the present.

"I'm glad," I smiled weakly. I don't think he was born when I handed that essay in.