Cruising

Comeback cruising: a week in the Med feels safer than a trip to the mall

On a week in the Mediterranean, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Epic delivers all the fun and none of the fear with a host of measures to combat Covid

28 November 2021 - 00:00 By Elizabeth Sleith

It’s an Indian summer in Barcelona, and the balmy day has drawn more people than usual in the dwindling daylight to the pool. Some are in the water, doing a languid breaststroke with sunglasses on. Others come and go on the edges, clutching cocktails and strutting to the beat of the live ’80s cover band. Several lie in rows on sun-loungers with hats or books for faces. There’s whooping from the waterslides and cliques in the Jacuzzis, smartphones at the ready to capture the imminent sunset. ..

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