I think we all know that Scotland is a beauty, whether you’ve personally visited or not. Just in case, Scotland is a BEAUTY (I would say stunning but my mom said I use that word “a lot”). After staying there for six weeks, and traveling to and from Edinburgh on weekends, here are my top five favorite areas (that I was able to visit) in this country.

I’ve been traveling solo for over ten years now, so I figured I’d offer some tips and tricks I’ve collected along the way. Though most of these are especially relevant if you’re traveling solo as a female, many are applicable regardless of your sexual identity.

I spent six weeks in Edinburgh doing a patisserie course. I dedicated two weekends simply to exploring the Edinburgh city center. Here is what I’d recommend if you only have a single, jam-packed, weekend in the city!

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.