About midday we took the autobahn to the beautiful Rhine River. We had a couple hours to spare so we took the cable cars up to the top of the mountain. We saw the most stunning views of wine country and the towns below. Rows and rows of grape vines stretched toward the sky.
At the top, we walked to a huge monument from one of the French vs German wars. From the monument we saw a panoramic view of the entire river valley.
We boarded the boat just seconds before the boat pulled away from the dock, but thankfully we made it. We motored up and down the beautiful river and saw amazing castles on cliffs and adorable villages below.
After the sun sank below the horizon and the darkness settled over the river we saw an amazing fireworks show that completely made up for not being able to see them on the Fourth. At one point our boat drove right by the spot they were setting them off, which gave us a front row seat!
We got back to port at around midnight and then got stuck in the worst traffic since everyone tried to leave at once. But we stayed in a hotel for the night so we were able to get some sleep.
"Beneath me flows the Rhine, and, like the stream of Time, it flows amid the ruins of the Past." -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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