The couple who fell in love at first sight on a Cunard cruise ship
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On a New Year's Eve cruise in 1979, American passenger Marianna Pennucci fell for British ship photographer Robert Knowles. The couple said their farewells at the end of the voyage, but six weeks later Robert decided to fly to New York to find her.
(CNN) — New Year's Eve 1979. Marianna Pennucci clinked glasses with the man sitting across from her. Together they toasted the new decade, which suddenly seemed golden with possibility. Marianna, a 32-year-old New York-based admin assistant, was vacationing aboard the Cunard Countess cruise ship. She'd boarded the gleaming vessel with a friend, excited to meander around the cobalt waters of the Caribbean, stopping off at idylls including Barbados and St Lucia. And while the destinations were beautiful, the trip had taken an unexpected turn and Marianna's focus wasn't on the sunsets or the sandy beaches, but on the man sitting in front of her, who was grinning, slightly worse for wear after an evening spent toasting the advent of 1980.
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