The most magical place on earth...

Were are back in Cuzco and it is Sunday morning. Yesterday was one of the most memorable days ever. Machu Picchu is truely like no other and I will never forget it. I think its the most amazing place I have ever been. We took a 20 minute winding bus ride to the top of the mountain and when you enter Machu Picchu it´s one of those ¨Oh my god moments.¨ The mountains are surrounding you and all you see is this huge area of terraces and stone walls. It is breathtaking.

We had a guide named Roberto that took us all over and explained to us which areas were what and the meaning behind them. It was so interesting to hear why they built certain areas the way they did and why. I would go into it but my memory isn´t that great as all of you know, so I´ll leave it up to Brian to give you the details.

During the middle of walking around Brian and 4 others left the group to hike up Wayna Picchu which is a mountain higher than Machu Picchu and over looks it. It takes about 40 minutes to and hour to hike up and 40 minutes to hike back down, so I walked around with one of the girls on the trip and checked out the rest of the site.

Around 1:30 or so I was at the top of Machu Picchu and saw Brain walking up the stairs to get to the very top. I was actually glad I got to see him again, I was a little disappointed that I wasn´t going to get to experience seeing the entire place from the top with him. So we get almost to the top and we are standing on a terrace with Chris and Leslie next to us and all the other people visiting, tHe view was to die for, and Brian is saying "As we were hiking up the mountain, we went through a cave and I saw a vision that was very clear, I saw my future," and my response was "Oh great". He paused for a second so I just assumed he was telling a story and he said "And I can´t imagine you not in it" and YES my friends Brian got down on one knee and ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM. I was in such shock I think I stood there looking dumbfounded at first and the started crying of course. He put this ugly (yet oh so beautiful) large green stoen with a gold band on my finger that he got at a Halloween costune store.(He is getting the ring when we get back, he didnt want to carry the real thing with him here of course)

So with that being said I am the luckiest and happiest girl in the world. I couldn´t have asked for more...And the fairy tale continues. More to come at a later date. we´re off to breakfast.

PS
I have been dying to tell everyone but had a long trip back to cuzco so I couldn´t last night. I can´t believe I typed as much as I did without spilling the beans but I had to build it up some how.

Cari (Brian´s fiance, 1st time to wsay that one and it feel so good)