Read the excerpt from "Meeting Julia." She looked a lot different than I had expected, but she was the same talkative, creative, fun person I had always known her to be. We talked a lot, laughed a lot, and after meeting, we went horseback riding together. It was one of the best days of my life. Which significant event is described in this excerpt? Julia attends the narrator's Bat Mitzvah. The narrator and Julia finally meet. The narrator rides a horse for the first time. Julia and the narrator become pen pals.