If you live in North America and are dying to go to Europe but the budget just isn’t budgeting, visit Québec City. The architecture, the immersion into the French-Canadian culture, the food and vibes, you would honestly think you were wandering through a European city.  It’s gorgeously quaint and has everything you’re looking for in a European vacation.

Many might say that doing a National Park trip through Utah in July would be a sweltering-hot-fail. Many would be right, but we did it anyway. From Salt Lake City through four of the “Big 5” U.S. National Parks in Utah, here’s how we hit them.