8660 S Main St., Helen, GA 30545, this address can sell a lot of beautiful little houses, and there are many small shops nearby. An hour and a half from Atlanta, 85 miles, and I've been there twice and I think one day is enough. The first time simply stroll around and go home; For the second time, I called my friends to go to the tubing depth to play. Good place to cool down in summer!

The whole building is German style, very immersive, fairytale, every place is easy to photograph.

There are small shops selling trinkets and art on the street, taking pictures and punching cards are very out of the picture, there are shop assistants making glass products on the spot, I bought the cheapest blind box to open a small dog. There are also a lot of interesting shops (I found that tourist attractions all over the world buy the same thing, I believe no one has not seen it in domestic scenic spots hahaha). I am tired of shopping, ordering a cup of German super large beer at the river, sitting on the bank to see the people of the tubing, everyone on the bank is holding small cups to watch the fun.

The town can also play rafting and roller coasters, friends can play with plenty of time, is a good place to travel around Atlanta on weekends! Tubing is 2h15min long, you don't need to make an appointment, just queue up and buy tickets directly.

It is recommended to play in the afternoon, because the water is not cool and the sun is blocked by the shade when it is in the river. Tubing has two companies: Cool river tubing with turquoise tires and Helen Tubing and Waterpark with pink tires with the option to add money to include a small waterpark.

Tubing is $15 a person and allows two tubes tied together to float. It starts and ends at the same place and there's a shuttle up the hill and then down the river to the drop off point. The whole process is very comfortable, adults and children can play, when the water is slow lying floating up to look at the sky and the trees, the water is very exciting when there are often several people because of the stone stuck together, which requires everyone to find a way to move out.


Friendly tips: Bring a set of clothes and towels, because it will be wet, the seat will leak, and the place where you pay will have a cabinet to store clothes and a place to change clothes. Bring a pair of water shoes, slippers will be washed away by the current; Waterproof phone bag, camera, but no signal in the river; Bring your own stick if you can, or buy a $5 one that you can use to change direction in the river or poke if you get stuck in a rock.

After finishing the Tubing, you can visit Helen Town. Helen's refrigerator magnets are recommended to buy from Jolly's Toys, which is cheaper than any other store in town and has many styles.

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The only German dish that can compete with Northeast pork knuckle is German crispy pork knuckle!

It's really big, and the moment it's on the table, it's like a tohoku knuckler in my head and I didn't think Germans were gonna eat it. The two main differences are that the Tohoku sauce pork knuckle is terrible and can be pulled apart with chopsticks, but the German crispy pork knuckle is more laborious, difficult to cut and requires a lot of effort.

However, the crispy skin of German pork elbow is really the essence, pig skin, oil, pork together, a bite of sizzling oil, the more chewing the more fragrant! With German sauerkraut solution is very good friends who have not eaten can try, remember to bring a few more meals to go oh.