Rhine Falls, Switzerland

Back in July, D whisked me away for a little Bavarian getaway to celebrate 5 wonderful years of wedded bliss together. It had been a long time since we'd taken this much time off (5 days to be exact) to celebrate our anniversary...seeing as the Air Force has kept us away from one another for 3 out of the 5 anniversaries we've had thus far. So, we packed our bags, loaded up the car, and made our way down to Southern Germany for some rest and relaxation time together. On our way to our final destination at Lake Constance, we decided to make a detour into Switzerland (funny how detours in the states end up with you at a dirty truck stop asking for directions, while here you just end up in yet another amazing country!) to see the famous Rhine Falls! The Rhine Falls are just 30 minutes inside the boarder in Schaffhausen, Switzerland and is one of Europe's largest waterfalls. The falls were formed in the last ice age, approximately 15,000 years ago, but pale in size to Niagara Falls in America and the Victoria Falls in Africa having a drop height of only 23m (Niagara's Horseshoe Falls has a dropping height of 53m and Victoria Falls with a whopping 108m). Nevertheless, Rhine Falls packs a punch and holds the attention of thousands of tourists each year. Oh, and did I mention it has a castle? Wouldn't be Europe if it didn't have a castle, now would it? 

We spent the afternoon climbing the falls, having lunch on the castle terrace, and taking a boat ride right into the falls mist...an experience I'll never forget! Now, time for photos. You knew they were coming. ;)

{Oh and FYI, we are STILL internet-less at casa de Coté. It's really becoming a problem, too. The last technician came by yesterday and gave us some ominous news...our cable line is fried. So, they can either do one of two things--fix the cable at the box outside on the street (pending that the line can be fixed prior to entering the ground) OR they must dig up our entire sidewalk and replace the cable. INSANITY, right? We have no idea how long a project of that magnitude might take, so we're trying to find out how we can break our 2-year contract with T-mobil and move providers (to a provider that doesn't use a fiber cable).  It's all been a big s@#! storm, so we're not expecting them to let us break our contract if they can eventually fix it. Thankfully we have found ourselves an internet stick that we can use and pay a few euros daily for internet on one computer in our house, but we still have no home phone or TV (since the internet runs both of those items as well). So, no phone calls home to our families or friends and no means of entertainment on those lazy days and nights at home. Kind of miserable being cut off from the states in almost every conceivable way. Even though I had myself a major ugly cry session last night, I know things could be worse. Way worse. We're hanging on to every shred of positivity we can find...and making sure we keep busy and out of the house as much as possible. So friends, send out some prayers and good vibes that this internet blackout gets remedied sooner rather than later. As trivial as loosing internet is, it's made life so much harder these last 2 weeks. And it's turned me into an ornery mess of a girl. Seriously, universe, I just wanna call my mommy!}