Scotland

From mountains to beaches to Highland cows, Scotland’s North Coast 500 has it all. Here’s why you should consider making a road trip around the North Coast 500 your next adventure.

Back in October I wrote a post called My 2016 Travel Goals. In that post I talked about wanted to visit Greece, Moldova, Belgium, Turkey, Spain, France… basically, a whole lot of countries around Europe. At the very end of that post, I said I also wanted to see a lot more of the UK, though I didn’t really go into specifics.

I want to do more. I want to see more. I want to eat more (seriously, English food is delicious, I don’t know why that rumour still stands). While I’ve slowly been curating a list of fun things to do in London, I’ve also decided that I want to travel outside of the city at least once a month. I might not always be visiting new-to-me places, but I feel an urge to really explore this wonderful backyard of mine.

(photo taken by D.) Isle of Skye, Scotland I realized tonight that I am doing exactly what I want to be doing. I also realized just how goddamn happy I really am.

Edinburgh, Scotland I’ve been dreaming of living in the UK again, or perhaps Ireland. Those cloudy skies and blue-eyed boys just keep luring me back.

Glasgow, Scotland There were afternoons of wandering through parks, afternoons of horses in stables, afternoons of scones and tea, afternoons of laughter, afternoons of getting to know a city other than my…

Views from a Double-Decker Bus Edinburgh, ScotlandOn this particular day, the No. 26 bus was empty almost all the way to Portobello beach. Perhaps nobody else was as crazy as me to…