{"id":391,"date":"2013-03-20T17:52:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T21:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2013\/03\/20\/maple-sugaring-tour-2\/"},"modified":"2013-03-20T17:52:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T21:52:50","slug":"maple-sugaring-tour-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2013\/03\/20\/maple-sugaring-tour-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Sugaring Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"   \" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Maple%20Sugaring%202013\/MapleSugaring2013045_zps8b38b2c3.jpg\" alt=\"Maple Sugaring Group\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maple Sugaring Group<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s maple sugaring time again! \u00a0 As our March regional event, we offered a tour at the Belmont Habitat to our Boston area au pairs.\u00a0 In addition to our regular monthly meetings, these regional events offer all au pairs in the area a second opportunity to meet other au pairs and engage in cultural experiences.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"    \" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Maple%20Sugaring%202013\/MapleSugaring2013002_zpsfe0342c3.jpg\" alt=\"Introduction\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Introduction<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On a cold, sunny day, 35 of us gathered inside the visitor&#8217;s center.\u00a0 Before talking about maple sugaring, our tour guides talked with au pairs about their favorite sweet from their country.<\/p>\n<p>We then split up in three groups and through our very knowledgeable tour guides, learned about the history and the process of maple sugaring.\u00a0 We also learned how to identify a sugar maple and how to tap a tree.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Maple%20Sugaring%202013\/MapleSugaring2013014_zps7d3793a8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Maple%20Sugaring%202013\/MapleSugaring2013008_zps9eef440e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We took a walk through the Habitat, looking at different maple trees, including tapped ones. \u00a0 We tasted maple sap directly from the tree and compared it with samples of maple syrup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Maple%20Sugaring%202013\/MapleSugaring2013017_zpsf15b0c0a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Maple%20Sugaring%202013\/MapleSugaring2013019_zps2d4c6e84.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our tour included a taste test to see if we could differentiate real maple syrup from chemically produced syrup that consists mostly of corn syrup.\u00a0 In the end, we were treated to Vanilla ice cream with maple syrup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Maple%20Sugaring%202013\/MapleSugaring2013040_zps16df5264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For more photos of our tour, please go to <a href=\"http:\/\/s975.photobucket.com\/user\/bettinavelona\/library\/Maple%20Sugaring%202013?page=1\">Maple Sugaring<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s maple sugaring time again! 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