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| | North Carolina Travels: Sylva |
 | | Sylva, a town of 2,500, is a pleasant blend of small-town mountain charm - as distinguished from your flatland, Mayberry charm, in that while up here folks are no less disposed to engage you, they're less chatty, more direct - and college-town/thrift-shop funkiness. |
 | | beside the Tuckasegee River in Cullowhee - but this is a daytrip, right, and if you're not staying in [Asheville] you're probably sleeping beneath the stars, which is exactly what you should be doing on such a fine evening as this, regardless of the season. |
 | | This is not a bookstore you'd expect to find stuck way up in the mountains in a little town such as Sylva - an impressive selection of new and used books, a very knowledgeable staff and readings/signings by local and touring writers on a regular basis. |
| www.northcarolinatravels.com /sylva (609 words) |
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