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Farewell, Mr. Apple!

Mr. Apple headed back to Brooklyn this afternoon; he should arrive before your last day of school.

Before he jumped in the shipping box at the post office, he stopped off at Sweetwater's (a local tourist-y shop) to pick up some chocolate-cherry taffy to bring home to our new friends. He also took a few minutes to visit one of our marinas and sat a while, watching the boats cruise in and out of their slips. He enjoyed the fresh (and very HUMID) Lake Michigan breeze, listened to the seagulls call to each other, and decided it was time to head back to the familiar sights and sounds of Brooklyn.

I hope he took a really deep breath!

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Mr. Apple Meets the Yankees

Ms. Wilson is taking Mr. Apple to Wrigley Field in Chicago (home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team) tonight. She's a HUGE Yankees fan and is excited to take a "local" New Yorker with her to cheer on her team. Surely, Mr. Apple is a Yankees fan?! He is tight-lipped about his loyalties, but seems cheerful enough to keep Ms. Wilson company. Now, it's supposed to rain, complete with thunder and lightning, so the game might be rescheduled. If not, I should have some AWESOME pictures to share Wednesday morning. Let's go YANKEES! (Hey, they're playing the Cubs - boooooo! - so a win is in the bag)

See my comment in the comments section below for the results of the game.

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Mr. Apple: Big City, Meet Small Town!

Mr. Apple arrived some time ago - during our busiest time of year - and I have been remiss in posting about his adventures. So far, he's gone biking with the entire school, been on an adventurous overnight field trip, hung out at students' homes, and visited our local marina. This weekend, he's going to a fun carnival called St. Mary's Festival; there will be rides, games, and lots of deep-fried everything! We'll be SURE to keep you posted this time.

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Farewell party with Mr. Apple - Hot Dogs

Good bye, Mr. Apple!

 We had a party with Mr. Apple in Mexico before he left the country. We said "Good bye" with a Hot-dog party.

 In Mexico City we use to prepare our hot dogs in a very simple way. We use steamed sausages, sometimes we use fried sausages, chopped red tomatoes, chopped onion and chopped chilies. ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard. We sometimes use bacon wrapped sausages.

 How do you prepare your hot dogs?

 Antes de que se fuera de México, tuvimos una fiesta de despedida con Mr. Apple. Comimos hot dogs.

En la ciudad de México acostumbramos preparar los hot dogs de una manera muy sencilla. Usamos salchichas hervidas al vapor, jitomate picado, cebolla picada y chiles picados. Los acompañamos con catsup, mostaza y mayonesa. A veces enrollamos un tocino en la salchicha y usamos salchicha frita.

Y tú ¿Cómo preparas tus hot dogs?

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Mr. Apple in an amusement park

Feeding a goat

On his last weekend in Mexico, Mr. Apple visited an amusement park in the south of the city. This is a theme park called Granja Las Américas (Americas Farm)

Can you see the fish?

Turtles

Tell me your secrets, friend goat!

You've got mail!

Got milk?

Flour mill / Molino

Pan recién salido del horno

Victory column

Columna de la independencia

The Angel of Independence

Diana the Huntress

Have you seen it yet?

Bus stop

Gotcha

Mini golf

Mini golf

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Mr. Apple in the State of Morelos

Iztaccihuatl (The -White- Sleeping Woman) and Popocatepetl (Smoking Mountain) volcanoes 

During his visit to Mexico, Mr. Apple went to the state of Morelos, south of Mexico City. He spent a weekend at the little town of Tlalnepantla, Morelos.

Buying some sorbets

Nieve de limón

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