<strong>Grand Canyon meeting:</strong> In 2001, American teenager Carrie and Danish student Kris met on the Grand Canyon. They went their separate ways, but two decades later, they're married and live together in California. Click through to find out what happened in between.
Grand Canyon meeting: In 2001, American teenager Carrie and Danish student Kris met on the Grand Canyon. They went their separate ways, but two decades later, they're married and live together in California. Click through to find out what happened in between.
Photos courtesy of Carrie Sorensen/Graphic by Will Mullery, CNN
<strong>Instant connection: </strong>Carrie and Kris, pictured here that day in 2001, say they got on right away. "We just started talking," Carrie tells CNN Travel. "And I don't think we got up for five hours." They swapped email addresses to stay in touch.
Instant connection: Carrie and Kris, pictured here that day in 2001, say they got on right away. "We just started talking," Carrie tells CNN Travel. "And I don't think we got up for five hours." They swapped email addresses to stay in touch.
Carrie Sorensen
<strong>Email correspondence: </strong>Kris, who was roadtripping around the US with his family, picked up Carrie's first email from an internet cafe in California. His stepfather took this photo of that moment. "I don't actually remember what it said," says Kris. "But I do remember that there was this really intense feeling you get with butterflies, and just like that longing."
Email correspondence: Kris, who was roadtripping around the US with his family, picked up Carrie's first email from an internet cafe in California. His stepfather took this photo of that moment. "I don't actually remember what it said," says Kris. "But I do remember that there was this really intense feeling you get with butterflies, and just like that longing."
Chresten Kruchov
<strong>Grand Canyon reunion: </strong>Several years later, in 2008, Carrie and Kris reunited and returned to the Grand Canyon. A year later, they got married and had their first child.
Grand Canyon reunion: Several years later, in 2008, Carrie and Kris reunited and returned to the Grand Canyon. A year later, they got married and had their first child.
Carrie Sorensen
<strong>Happy ending</strong>: Today, Carrie and Kris live in California with their children. "My 19-year-old self would tell him 'I told you so,'" says Carrie. "I believe in the magic of meetings and all of that stuff. I do still tell him 'I told you so.'"
Happy ending: Today, Carrie and Kris live in California with their children. "My 19-year-old self would tell him 'I told you so,'" says Carrie. "I believe in the magic of meetings and all of that stuff. I do still tell him 'I told you so.'"
Carrie Sorensen
<strong>Magical moments</strong>: Carrie and Kris look forward to taking their three kids to the Grand Canyon when they're a bit older. In the meantime, the couple enjoy telling them the story. "There's no doubt that the sort of magic of the Grand Canyon is very real in our household," says Kris.
Magical moments: Carrie and Kris look forward to taking their three kids to the Grand Canyon when they're a bit older. In the meantime, the couple enjoy telling them the story. "There's no doubt that the sort of magic of the Grand Canyon is very real in our household," says Kris.
Carrie Sorensen