Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to go apple picking with the Architecture department at MIT. I had never been, and the department was paying for the transportation (and I later found out, the apples too), so I jumped at the chance. There were 8 of us in total plus two adults (for supervision?).

So without further ado, here's 10 things I learned about apple picking:

1. It's really fun!
2. Apples grow in weird bunches. It was very strange to me, and now I am questioning if I have ever seen an apple tree before. Also, apple trees don't look like orange trees. I know because we had one in California. Apple trees are much wimpier.
3. There are a lot of different varieties of apples that look exactly the same.
4. There exists a weird foamy-textured apple. It was really unappealing. We didn't pick any of those.
5. Climb all the trees for all of the prettiest fruit.
6. It was also really cold, which made it slightly less fun.
7. Don't go at the same time as every person in the house. We now have more apples than we know what to do with. (But actually, I think across us all we have maybe around 100 apples?)
8. Apple cider donuts are probably the best thing I've ever tasted.
9. Scratch that, hot apple cider when you're shivering is probably better.
10. I UNDERSTAND THE HYPE NOW.

When we first got there, Frankie got very excited. There she is in the tree, munching on apples like a maniac.

I didn't know apples grew in like, clusters? It was very bizarre to me at first.

My roommate is on the prowl for the best apples!

Doh is also on the prowl but didn't forget to throw me a thumbs up for the picture.

My roommate and I both got two half-bushel bags of apples. Mine were free (Thanks, MIT Architecture!). I love free things.

Overall, definitely a fun experience and I would love to do it again!