Savour


at sea


Destination-inspired dining offers first-time cruiser Emma Blackmore a taste of life on the ocean as she joins an agent fam trip around the Iberian Peninsula


DESTINATIONS SPAIN & PORTUGAL | CRUISE


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o you know the secret?” says a voice drifting over from the side, marked by a Dallas accent. We’re perching at the Sky Bar, overlooking Seabourn


Ovation’s pool deck, while the band sings Come Together with the beaming Portuguese sun as a natural stage light. With a single nod, bartender Vin pours my new companion a


Woodford Reserve and Coke in a short glass. I shake my head in reply to his question. “You can order caviar and champagne at any time of the day.


You can even enjoy caviar while wading through the sea in the Caribbean,” he says, grinning. As a first-time cruiser, I need all the tips I can get, and his enthusiasm is infectious. Then again, who wouldn’t be excited about all-inclusive caviar on tap?


SUITE LIFE


Unlike my new friend who joined in Barbados at the start of this repositioning cruise, I boarded Ovation in Lisbon along with 12 UK agents for the first leg of a 15-night Bay of Biscay sailing.


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PICTURE: Eric Laignel


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