Our first stop in Australia is Sydney and I’m so excited to be back. Our home away from home, Fred. Olsen Cruise Line’s Black Watch, arrived into Sydney in the early morning hours before we awoke. We docked at White Bay Cruise Terminal around 6:45 am and that made our arrival official. Preparing for Our… Read More
After our time in Auckland, we immediately had another port of call in New Zealand at Bay of Islands. Our home for our world cruise, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Black Watch anchored offshore near another ship, Azamara Journey, and it was lifeboats as tenders to get ashore. Taking The Tender To Bay of Islands After… Read More
Auckland holds a pretty special place in my heart. When I went on a trip around both islands of New Zealand, I ended up spending a lot longer in Auckland than I expected. I met up with a friend who lived in Auckland because it meant I could stay in the city for free and… Read More
Our next stop on our world cruise on board Fred. Olsen Cruise Line’s Black Watch is Papeete, Tahiti. Everyone was looking forward to French Polynesia, especially Danielle and myself, but we had no idea we would arrive early. In fact, we were scheduled to arrive the morning of 13 February 2018 and we arrived into… Read More
Can you imagine traveling the world on a world cruise? I never could and yet, here I am on board Fred. Olsen Cruise Line’s Black Watch on the most amazing world cruise ever. To get to each of these great world ports, we have to sail quite some distance and that means plenty of sea… Read More
Our first destination in Peru on our world cruise on board Fred. Olsen Cruise Line’s Black Watch is the port of Callao. Located approximately 9 miles west from the center of Lima, Callao is the chief seaport area of Peru. Black Watch docked in Callao and Danielle and I had to take a shuttle into… Read More
It’s been nearly a month since I first boarded Fred. Olsen Cruise Line‘s “Black Watch” so I thought it was about time I mention how my world cruise is going. Danielle (CruiseMiss.com) and I boarded Black Watch on January 5th and we are currently out on the open seas making our way to Hanga Roa,… Read More
Another stop on our world cruise today and now we’re in Cozumel, Mexico, which is located off the eastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. Danielle (CruiseMiss.com) and I had planned a visit to a beach bar on the east part of the island. However, when the captain onboard our ship, Fred. Olsen Cruise Line’s “Black… Read More
Finally after a few days at sea, we arrived into our port of Havana, Cuba onboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines “Black Watch.” While we certainly love our new home at sea, Danielle (of CruiseMiss.com) and I were eager to go ashore and discover everything about Havana. How were we going to do this? By taking… Read More
Our first stop on World Cruise 2018 onboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Black Watch was in Ponta Delgada, Azores. Ponta Delgada, located on São Miguel Island, is the largest municipality and the capital of the Azores in Portugal. Our arrival time had changed and we weren’t sure our tour arranged for us by CruisingExcursions.com was still on, but… Read More