Cal.

Today, we went to El Cerrito to check out our apartment.

{Our contract with our apartment doesn't start until next week, so we have been staying with Bryan's adorable Guamanian relatives. I will post pictures soon.}

Our neighborhood is nice and safe and we will be across the street from another one of Bryan's relatives.

The apartment is about 10 minutes away from the BART station, which is fantastic. We parked and headed out to Berkeley, which is where I am going to be spending a lot of my time this summer.

Cal-Berkeley is a gorgeous campus.

It was so fun to see all the graduates in their caps and gowns, showing their family around and taking pictures. 

{They have a beautiful library, I love the architecture at college campuses. My heart belongs to BYU, but really-- they could stand to step it up a little...}

After lunch, we took the train back to El Cerrito and figured out where we are going to grocery shop and work out. The area is nice enough, but I don't think I'm going to spend a lot of time outside by myself. We can both already tell that El Cerrito will be a great place for the summer, but we will probably be looking elsewhere if we were going to live here long-term.

On our way back from El Cerrito, we drove through Walnut Creek, and some of those houses are absolutely stunning. I have never really wanted to live in California, but I have to say-- we have seen some wonderful areas with great neighborhoods, and I am really happy we get to spend some time here.