"Rog'" wrote in message
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> "Bill in Schenectady" wrote:
>>>>Speaking of which, why do so many American resorts try to look
>>>>like something in Switzerland, Austria, Germany or some other
>>>>European spot? Why not just be unique themselves.
>> Yes the ski resorts in particular try to do that... They don't REALLY
>> look like anything in Europe. They merely pretend to.
>
> One the more bizarre attempts is Helen, Georgia, in North Georgia.
> Originally an old run-down mill town, it recast itself as an Bavarian
> alpine villiage complete with street names like Eidelweiss Strasse,
> an Octoberfest, and art-craft shops. Its saving grace is the nearby
> Apalachian Trail and class IV+ rafting on the Chattooga River.=R=
Hmm, Helen sounds like Leavenworth, Washington. Except the latter is not an
old mill town, and it is up in the mountains (the snowy Cascades), with good
climbing nearby as well as the Wenatchee River for rafting.
Marianne
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