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The Best Views in Edinburgh: A Guide to the City’s Must-See Lookout Points
Edinburgh is my happy place for many reasons, one of which is all the ways to take in the views of the city. We recently took a road trip up to Scotland, with a 48 hour stop in the Scottish capital. Join me for the best views in Edinburgh.
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Exploring Culloden
One of my favourite TV programs recently started back up again. This little show called Outlander. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Joking aside, the series of eight books that the show is based on is partly what made me want to visit Scotland the first time (2010). I’ve read the adventures of Jamie and Claire in books 1-7 at least twice each over the last twelve years and the eighth came out just in time for me…
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Finding Some Zen and Stretching My Legs in Glencoe
Coming back from an epic road trip in Highlands, my girlfriends and I stopped to stretch in Glencoe on our way back to Glasgow. We had the valley to ourselves, which was fantastic. Read on to learn more about Glencoe (a gorgeous jewel of a pit stop in Scotland) and for a quick dancer pose yoga tutorial.
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Where to Hop Off Your Bus Tour in Glasgow
The best way to see a new city on your travels is to hop on a bus tour. I adore a bus tour, and I've been the Glasgow tour twice. Have a read for my favourite stops and why bus tours are great value for money,
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City Girl Whisky Diary: Where to Get Free Whisky in Scotland
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]*UPDATE (May 2019): Thank you for visiting this blog post! The ‘Friends of the Classic Malts’ link seems to have become void, but I have reached out to Diageo to see if there’s an updated way to join the initiative. In the mean time, I still highly recommend visiting their single malt distilleries, including the one I visited in 2017 (below). [/perfectpullquote] Travelling in Scotland is one of my favourite…
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City Girl Whisky Diary: Exploring the softer side of whisky with Tomatin Distillery
Okay, ladies. This question’s mostly for you. Regardless of whether you enjoy a dram or not, when you think about whisky, what comes to mind? Don Draper from Mad Men? Stuffy old men with cigars? Maybe the thought that it tastes like rocket fuel? The second and latter of those were my thoughts on whisky for the longest time. And then I travelled to Scotland for the first time. Turns out I had been trying the wrong kinds…
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City Girl Whisky Diary: Scotch Whisky Experience
Whisky. The Scots call this lovely amber liquid “The Water of Life”. With this, you know that they take their Scotch very seriously. (For example, it’s whisky, not whiskey with an ‘e’. This is a thing.) And there are endless kinds. So if you’re new to whisky, it can be a bit daunting to figure out where to start. My whisky palate has been cultivating for a few years now (I’m an Islay whisky girl), but if…
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My Bus Tour of Loch Ness + Bus Tour Etiquette
I’m back on the West Coast, and while I’m very happy to be home, I have Scotland on the brain… It’s one of my happy places. Amazing scenery, culture, and history; my beautiful friends, and a sense of home — something I still can’t fully explain. And after many visits in the last seven years, I’ve had the opportunity to travel the majority of the country by train, car, and now, as a proper tourist, on a…
