A few weeks ago, we went to Oakland to attend the Oakland temple open house. The temple has had some work done on it and will be rededicated soon, so it was open to the public for tours for a period of time. We hadn't been to Oakland in quite a while and had never really explored Oakland by ourselves before. I think we were both surprised by what a fun and cute place it is! It was super humid and very green, so it reminded me of the east coast a little, just with how green it was! It seemed so much greener than San Jose! San Jose is so dry like 11 months of the year. Even with all the rain this year, it's only been green and pretty for like a couple weeks in January or February. Anyways, we drove to Merritt College where we could park, then we got shuttled to the temple in a school bus.
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| In the school bus |
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| On our way to the temple |
The tour started in the stake center next to the temple, which is huge! It had a big auditorium where we sat and watched mormon ads while they took group by group out to head to the chapel where the tour would start with a video and an introduction from a tour guide.
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| Just watching the mormon ads in the mini conference center |
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| The stake center was just so huge, it had this courtyard and two stories |
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Then, we followed our tour guide over to the temple. He showed us through each room and talked about what the various rooms are for. Afterwards, we admired the view and walked over to the visitor center.
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| The view from the temple is amazing! |
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| The flowers outside the visitor center were so pretty! |
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| The Christus in the visitor center |
Here is a video of what renovations were done to the temple:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd0x3PP0zNM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3zDaZ_ZA_vK6iz8lq9ssPqw0ZliQoP0_U-prIAIeTjEPvCumVrkNHYoHg
After the open house, we went to get food at this cute Mexican place. It was a really cute atmosphere, but Ricky thought the tacos were a little overpriced for their size.
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| Driving home in the rain |
Overall, we decided that Oakland is a cool place and we think it would be really fun to live there!
A few unrelated updates and links for you:
-Ricky has started a podcast! I am so impressed with him and how legit it sounds. It is really fun to listen to, so give it a listen here:
anchor.fm/thefruglife
-We love using mypostcard to send postcards to family and friends. Ricky came up with a link you can use to get $3 free, so you can send your first postcard free! Here's the link:
https://www.mypostcard.com/en/invite/ANOTHERBORINGYOUTUBECHANNELXCRG
-Lastly, you might remember that we mentioned in a previous post (awhile ago) that we had some exciting news coming up. That news will finally be announced in September!!! (No, I'm not pregnant)
