[melidasaur]

I just moved from Chapel Hill - a quick jaunt north of Raleigh to Illinois (Crapaign, Champaign - same thing) and I MISS NORTH CAROLINA SOOO MUCH. I miss my friends, seeing all the pine trees, and I miss Chapel Hill.

If you have time, you should go check it out. There are lots of unique restaurants, my favorites being Crook's Corner and Foster's Market. University of North Carolina is the country's first public university and the campus is gorgeous - definitely worth a post-dinner stroll. You could grab dinner on Franklin Street too.

Despite what people may say down there, Durham is also worth a look. It has a bad reputation for being a bit ghetto, but it is a very unique old Tobacco Town. BrightLeaf square in downtown has a lot of cool places to check out and many of them are in old Tobacco warehouses, so they have really unique architecture. The only bad thing about Durham in my book is that it is home to Duke University - I loathe them as a tar heel fan. Apparently, Dook's campus is really pretty too. I never went there as I refuse to venture that close into enemy territory.

I never made it to Raleigh much... the downtown does have some cool stuff.

If I think of anything else, I'll post it.