Carrie arrived in Cyprus Saturday afternoon at 4:30. We toured around Larnaka in the evening, visiting the downtown area, an ancient medieval fort, and enjoyed a traditional Cyprus dinner before finally ending the night back at the school. It was wonderful to be reunited.
I told Carrie that I had an exciting date planned the next day so she had to get to bed, catch up on sleep, and be ready for an early morning. We headed out Sunday morning in a rental car to the city of Agia Napa, a beautiful coastal city on the south western side of Cyprus. After a day of beautiful beaches, vibrant blue water, huge caves, and tall cliffs, we ended up in the perfect secluded area on the edge of a cliff just as the sun was setting. We had just gotten to the spot when Carrie asked if I had locked the car doors. I found this to be the perfect excuse to leave her where she was and head back to the car to get a bouquet of flowers, my guitar I hid from her in the trunk, and a ring . After returning with everything, I got out my guitar and played for Carrie the song that I wrote just for her (I know, I'm SO romantic!). My crazed nerves along with Carrie's happy tears, made it almost impossible to sing and play, but somehow I finished the song. So then I kissed Carrie, put the guitar away and told her there was one more thing I wanted to do. I made her stand up and I got down on one knee. After some touching words I will spare you from (Yes, I can be serious and mushy), a few tears from both of us, I asked her if she would be my wife. She said YES! WOO HOO!
Carrie will be with me until the 27th, and we have lots of fun things planned to do and see on the island, as well as celebrating our engagement, and just enjoying time together.
Happy Jesus' Birthday,
Stuart AND CARRIE
