Marion C. Ollivier

I had the chance to visit a small part of the Southern Highlands of Scotland thanks to my friend Mourad and his car. We left for this little road trip on January 26th, 2020 and decided to brave the cold to get to Fort William.  I have always been very attracted by the Highlands, its legends, its magnificent landscapes. Whether in the books I've read or the movies and series I've seen, I've always felt that this place was completely magical. And I wasn't disappointed. It's clearly one of the prettiest places I've seen since I arrived in Scotland last August (although overall Scotland is the most beautiful place I've seen in my life so far haha).  We could see beautiful waterfalls, a very wild nature and almost seeming to be totally abandoned by humans. But it's when, at a corner, you see a lonely little house, that you remember that people are lucky enough to live in this sublime and isolated place. After a short stop at a coffee shop, we hit...

The Isle of Arran We went to the Isle of Arran with 3 French friends in October. And it is still by far my favourite place in Scotland at the moment. The road we took from Glasgow: - Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Harbour. - Take the ferry from Ardrossan Ferry Terminal to Brodick Isle of Arran Ferry. That costs about £25.  We had planned our picnic and knew what to do once we got there thanks to the advice of a friend who had visited the previous weekend. We were very lucky as the sun was shining and the autumn colours were beautiful. The totally wild landscape and the untouched nature really captivated me. The Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, and, with an area of 432 km², the seventh largest island in Scotland. Arran is part of the unitary authority of North Ayrshire and has a population of about 5,000 (so much so that you don't step on each other). I don't know if it was because of the...