As you can see, while the apartment was humble and very small, the hospitality was heartfelt and the welcome was huge. Here's another video showing just how much we had to eat::
After dinner, we were in rare form. The local drink is called Baijiu (pronunciation: buy-jew). It's a traditional Chinese rice alcohol and probably is most comparable to moonshine in the states. The father of Mei's assistant offered it up and it would have been rude to decline... that said, it tastes like Elmer's glue smells.
In the end, you can see how much food they made for us and how special it made us feel. The father even opened up about living through the cultural revolution (this isn't a political blog so I won't go into detail, but if you don't know about it I urge you to do a little research into what the people of China went through during that time). This last video is a video of Mei (isn't she beautiful?) getting into some great conversation with her assistant's family. All in all it was a fabulous evening of great hospitality. I am loving China. Do you see all the beers and wine? The parents were really pushy with the drinks! Obviously it was a difficult bike ride home.
That's all for now. Love you all very much...
JAKE!
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