Machu Picchu continued

Hi again, I am now in a better mood so will hopefully write a better follow up of Machu Picchu. Anyways, to get back to the story... we climed this mountain to get a BEAUTIFUL veiw of Machu Picchu and then got a guide (since ours didn´t show up) and walked around though the ruins. It was striking when the clouds rolled in and gave a beautiful fogged in affect! I took lots and lots of pictures some sunny some foggy. It was amazing how fast the weather changed. Their water systems were ingenious-it was amazing how creative they were! They were also smart enough to come up with amazing arcetectual designs. Beatiful and eficient! We are now staying in Ollantatambo-this gourgous village in the middle of the Sacred Vally. We went to a Bull fight and it was the craziest thing ever! There were tons of people in the stands and then hundreds up on the hillside. It was so cool when we went down to the arena and were right there in the mist of the action! The bull fighter was VERY full of himself! After the Bull fighting was done we got to go get a picture with a famous volly-ball player, she must have been 7 feet tall! It was crazy! We have been having a blast with the Dunn´s and we just went on a horse backride and rafting trip! The horse backride was awesome because we got to gallop almost the whole way! The rafting was hillarious, we rode bull (on the front holding on for our lives) and at the begining when my day was asking one of our guides his name he acidentally pointed at the paddle so the guy tells him is name is paddle. My dad sticks out his hand and say hi Paddle (in spanish) my name is chris! We all cracked up and we laughing for the rest of the trip! Ollantatambo has been a wonderfull town and we are going horse backriding AGAIN tomarrow-I´m exited! Then we will have to depart to Lake Titicaca and eventally to Lima and meet my grandma Schmitter there! Grandma if you read this I am soooo glad your coming and can´t wait to see you!! Miss everyone! Noelle