Helen, Georgia

This picture was taken in Helen, Georgia. Helen is supposed to be set up like a Bavarian village. A little piece of Germany here in the United States. While I loved the food and the kitschy atmosphere, I did not like that we made reservations for a whole week. There are lots of nice restaurants in Helen and there are all kinds of little specialty shops. For example, I found a stuffed and mounted scorpion in one shop. The Ocoee River is also nearby so there are lots of things to do there like go rafting, tubing, etc. As much as I liked it, I have to say that I felt like this is more of a weekend getaway than a week long vacation. I have heard that they have a massive Oktoberfest every year and I would really like to go back some time during Oktoberfest. Maybe I could even get Organ Grinder Ted to go with me. Oktoberfests definitely need organ grinders. (For those of you who don't know Organ Grinder Ted, I am placing a link to his blog and his website on the sites list.) Helen is a great place for children as well. The hotel we stayed in had brightly colored paintings of fairy tale characters, such as Rapunzel, painted on the outside walls. Overall, it was a bright, vivid, happy place and I would love to go there again for a weekend getaway. Talk to you next blog.