Burlington, Vermont

We have left the land of sunshine and warmth... for the state of cold weather and rain! We arrived in Burlington, Vermont on Monday evening. I met up with Jacqui at JFK and after a long trip from Russia, we hit the hay after getting to the apartment in Burlington. Burlington is a small town in Northern Vermont on the edge of Lake Champlain. It is the largest city in the state with around 40,000 people living here (yes, very small for America), and the town is best known for maple syrup... and Ben and Jerry's ice cream. So what better way to start off our time in Vermont, but a trip to the Ben and Jerry's factory. We drove out to Waterbury about 40 minutes away, and had a tour of the first production factory for the famous ice-cream. The tour also included a taste test of one of their new flavours for 2007... Creme Brule.

After the tour, we went and check our the 'Flavour Graveyard'. Over the years, there have been some pretty interesting flavours, and due to the limited production lines they have retired over 400 flavours! We also made sure we bought a few more of the new flavours from the shop to take home... dessert will be Peanut Butter Cup and Magic Brownies tonight!

This afternoon Jacqui and I took a walk around the town... which didn't really take long! There is a central paved mall with a few shops, cafes and bars - but nothing too exciting. We had dinner at a nice Italian Cafe before heading home.