Helen is a small town in north Georgia that apparantly had a lot of mining until the 60s. When the mine gave out, the town came up with the idea to style itself as a Bavarian mountain town to fleece tourists. Just the sort of thing Los Trevinos are into. Since then, the zoning laws state that any building must be in that style, so even the Wendy's is in a Bavarian Alps style. As such, it is essentially like oktoberfest year round here. We rented a cabin about 20 minutes out with the Sneads and had a great time. I didn't get my schnitzel, but I did get down on some Bratwurst, Saurkraut, and a bevy of Kraut beers (Paulaner Oktoberfest is great). Also, the Chatahoochee river flows through the town (made famous by the terrible 90s Alan Jackson country song) although it is much smaller here than near Atlanta
Getting the fire going
Sitting in the Bier Garten
On our way home on Sunday we stopped in Athens for an amazing brunch at Mama's Boys. It was an hour wait to get in which gave Amy plenty of time to check out the latest sorority girl fashion, drink several decaf cups of jittery joes, and pick out what she would have had if she didn't have the sugars. A perfect brunch to end a great weekend.
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