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
For my next big adventure, my world cruise with Fred. Olsen cruise lines, my first step was flying with British Air. There are many options to fly to the UK from Boston and since they’re a partner with American Airlines, it seemed only natural to fly in Club World to London. My first stop at… Read More
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” It’s that time of year again and that can only mean one thing: Time to bake Christmas cookies. This year I was inspired by the Danube River cruise I took this summer and decided I needed to bake some traditional German cookies. On the second day of my cruise… Read More
The world famous New York Café Budapest (New York Kávéház) is located on the Erzsébet körút section of the Grand Boulevard of Budapest and is considered one of the best and most beautiful cafés in the world. The building itself was originally constructed from 1892-94 as the Hungarian offices of the New York Life Insurance Company. The Italian… Read More
Passau is called the Dreiflüssestadt (City on Three Rivers) because it is situated at the confluence of the Danube, Ilz, and Inn Rivers. Once an important medieval center for the salt trade, today Passau is considered the economic, cultural, and communications center of southeastern Bavaria. What can you do while in Passau? If you love… Read More
Always open to the idea of taking off for an adventure at the last second, I recently traveled to Nuremberg, Germany where I spent some quality time before embarking on my first ever river cruise with Viking River Cruises. So if you’re visiting Nuremberg, Germany before a cruise, read on. But first, where exactly is Nuremberg? From… Read More
My First Transatlantic Cruise on the Oasis of the Seas After a few glorious days spent in Iceland and then another few days in London (both of which will be covered here on the site shortly), we headed to Southampton to board the Oasis of the Seas for my first transatlantic cruise. There are so… Read More
After an exhausting walk all over the city of Bari, I returned to MSC Preziosa and discovered that my request to interview the cruise director not only had been honored, but would occur almost immediately. Rushing around like a mad woman, I freshened up and headed one flight down to the Top Sail Lounge, the private… Read More
When the 114,000 GT (gross tonnage) Costa Concordia hit a rock off Giglio Island (Isola del Giglio) on January 13, 2012, the world was watching and wondering how in this day and age a modern cruise ship could produce such a disastrous Titanic-like ending. How was it that a ship with 1,500 cabins that could accommodate… Read More
High tech meets the high seas today as MSC Cruises will become the first ever cruise line to offer 24/7 pediatric telemedicine service onboard their twelve cruise ships. That’s not fancy talk for something you don’t need. If you’re traveling with a child who requires more than cursory medical care, not only will they be seen… Read More