AT first, we wondered why two men were getting into our gondola after we boarded with another couple at the station on the lagoon.
But then the man in white took his acoustic guitar out of its case and the man in black stood up effortlessly and readied himself to sing as we glided across the surface of the water.
The outside walls of the buildings either side of the canals created natural acoustics for him.
This was his concert hall and the classically trained voice was making the most of it and providing the soundtrack to our romantic evening.
He just had to work a little harder out in the open expanses of water as he had to be heard by several other gondola couples.
We were all taking advantage of an optional extra on our Globus Italan Mosaic Tour - one many of us couldn't wait to do.
Being serenaded while lying back on a gondola in Venice, floating under quaint bridges and around a maze of canals, and being photographed by envious strangers from various vantage points: Tick.
The bucket list just keeps getting smaller. But this will be a night I remember.
Lesson of the day: Sometimes the Hollywood image in your mind doesn't quite stack up. Sometimes it's even better.
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