"Merry of soul she sailed on a day over the sea to Skye." In one of our first interactions with a native Scot, we were told that the Western coast of Scotland was the most underrated and the most beautiful. With no prior frame of reference, we weren'...

"Sing me a song of a lass that is gone. Say, could that lass be I?" Just like the many who jumped on the Highland bandwagon to chase after Jaime Fraser, Scotland was at the top of my bucket list. The pictures of the craggy, breathtaking landscapes ca...

I'm sure I can speak for everyone when I say that expectations almost always exceed reality. We all have that one exception; maybe an "unreal" concert; maybe that magical moment at a school dance we'll never forget; but more often than not, we are le...