Blog numero dos (Matt’s been taking Spanish classes this summer). So last time, I rode the bullet train, met Matt’s parents, and ate the stomach of a bull (Toro!). Let’s go, cause this might be the most important thing I’ve blogged about yet. July 23rd: So we woke up early (omg, 7:30, really?) and went off to go to a family friends place to see some embroidery. At this point, I was thinking, “Oh, cool – Chinese culture, whatever.” We got to the embroidery place, and walked in, and then it happened. Speechlessness. No seriously. I think my mouth has previously, involuntarily dropped 3 times in my life and 2 of those times I was left speechless. Most times, I recovered in 5 minutes. I was speechless the whole time I was there (3 hours.) And
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