The first 2 days in Berkeley were not too eventful. We settled in to our sweet Air bnb house just off Shattuck near the Gourmet Gulch, as it’s called - home of Chez Panisse and the Cheeseboard collective as well as a lot of other restaurants and food purveyors. It's also near Downtown Berkeley and close to rapid transit and buses. Our house is a tupical Berkely place - we have the floor at the top of these stairs. A little sparse in that it has nothing on the walls and lacks some basics like a coffee maker and iron, but still a great place to hang out.
We had some good meals- at the Casa Latina Bakery and cafe on San Pablo
And a cute spot right up the street called Crepevine
We also made a pilgrimage to REI for some walking and rain gear. Mostly we just chilled other than that. Got a new puzzle (500 ) pieces this time, having learned our lesson with the last one.