{"id":4319,"date":"2015-11-03T15:34:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T20:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hhh\/?p=4319"},"modified":"2016-04-09T14:47:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T18:47:44","slug":"apple-picking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hhh\/2015\/11\/03\/apple-picking\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Excursion 2016: Ipswich, Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"

On October 16th<\/sup>, the Fellows, coordinators, a few host families, advisors, interns\u2014and even two Fulbright Fellows currently studying at BU\u2014traveled to Ipswich,\u00a0Massachusetts for a day of apple picking, a New England-style clambake, and a stroll on Crane\u00a0Beach.<\/p>\n

\"Ipswich-2.10\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ipswich<\/a> is a small town of 13,000 located on the North Shore, the coastal area between Boston and New Hampshire.\u00a0 The North Shore is known for its rocky coastline, wetlands, beaches, and natural harbors. \u00a0 It is also an important historical, cultural, and economic region of Massachusetts, which has been prominently featured in the literary works of Nathaniel Hawthorne<\/a>,\u00a0H. P. Lovecraft<\/a>,\u00a0T.S. Eliot<\/a>, and Robert Lowell<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n

We began our excursion with a tour of Russell Orchards<\/a>, a century-old fruit farm and winery that has been owned and operated by the Russell family for the past two decades. Our mode of transport across this 120-acre farm took place by hayride\u2014first out to the apple trees, where each of us picked a bagful to take home, and then to an area where farm animals are raised. Along the way, Patrick Russell provided an informative overview of farming in New England.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The 2015\u20132016 cohort with Patrick Russell (in front)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Khaing<\/a>
Khaing Thandar Nyunt of Myanmar, among the apples<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Frezer<\/a>
Frezer Ayalew Mohammed of Ethiopia photographing Serdar Bazarov of Turkmenistan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Patrick<\/a>
Patrick Russell introducing us to Big Daryl, the massive pig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a bit of shopping in the orchard store, we headed off to the Ipswich Clambake<\/a>\u00a0restaurant, where some Fellows enjoyed their first-ever taste of fried, fresh New England seafood. Aly Jafferani<\/a> of Pakistan and Mounia Diyane<\/a> of Morocco said it was the best\u00a0meal they\u2019d had in the U.S.!<\/p>\n

\"Mouhamadou<\/a>
Mouhamadou Kane of Senegal, digging in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We then visited Crane Beach<\/a>, a 1,234-acre conservation and recreation\u00a0property that features a four-mile long beach, sand dunes, and a\u00a0pine forest. Crane is among the world\u2019s most important nesting\u00a0sites for piping plovers, an endangered bird that inhabits the Atlantic coast of the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a>
Photo by Mdf. commons.wikimedia.org:wiki:File-Charadrius-melodus-004_edit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Strolling along this large, pristine beach was a wonderful\u00a0way to conclude our autumn sojourn.<\/p>\n

\"fall<\/a><\/p>\n

Nadia Daoudi<\/a>, one of the Fulbright Fellows who accompanied us, shared the following\u00a0reflection: \u201cMy daughter and I felt just like part of the cohesive group of Humphreys Fellows. There\u00a0was a warm atmosphere, cheerful ambiance, and above all, very good\u00a0organisation. I hope to share, before I return home at the end\u00a0of November, another moment like this one.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On October 16th, the Fellows, coordinators, a few host families, advisors, interns\u2014and even two Fulbright Fellows currently studying at BU\u2014traveled to Ipswich,\u00a0Massachusetts for a day of apple picking, a New England-style clambake, and a stroll on Crane\u00a0Beach. Ipswich is a small town of 13,000 located on the North Shore, the coastal area between Boston and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8506,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4699],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hhh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hhh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hhh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hhh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8506"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hhh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4319"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hhh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4708,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hhh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319\/revisions\/4708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hhh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hhh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hhh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}