I met a man on the street, and our third date was a 12-day Mediterranean cruise. It was a surreal experience.

"I was watching an act perform on Edinburgh's Royal Mile when I realized I'd seen the same duo busking in Dublin a few years prior. Something about the guitarist really caught my eye, and the coincidence provided a perfect excuse to go talk to him."

"The voyage in question would be a whopping 12 days long, and we'd be sharing his little cabin for the duration. And we had, so far, spent mere hours together. We left things at 'let's see how Paris goes.'"

"The next time we met was a month later, in Portsmouth, ready to board a ship for almost two weeks together at sea exploring the Mediterranean. I had a great feeling about him, but it was the wildest thing I'd ever done."

While attending Edinburgh's Fringe Festival, a woman recognized a street musician she'd seen busking years earlier in Dublin. After a brief conversation, they arranged a first date two days later. During this meeting, he mentioned performing on cruise ships and casually suggested she join him on an upcoming 12-day Mediterranean voyage. After their second date in Paris a month later, she decided to board the ship with him in Portsmouth. Despite spending only hours together before committing to nearly two weeks at sea sharing a cabin, she felt optimistic about him and recognized the experience as either profoundly romantic or potentially disastrous.

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