Eilis O’Hanlon goes from sceptic to convert on a luxurious cruise around storied, sun-splashed Mediterranean hotspots The Celebrity Ascent. Photo: Michel Verdure My only prior experience of life on board a cruise ship had come from reading Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile and watching old episodes of The Love Boat on afternoon TV. How much help a familiarity with murder and romance was going to be when it came to knowing what awaited me on my first ever cruising holiday wasn’t immediately clear.
Besides, the more important question facing me was: what to wear?.