When I first moved to Boston, one of the first thoughts were, “I’m going to be closer to the Ben and Jerry’s factory!” I’ve been wanting to go for months, so when we finally had a free weekend to drive up to Burlington, I was so excited! When we entered the factory, it smelled exactly like I had imagined it…like ice cream and fresh waffle cones, yum! The tour was fun, but I wished it was a little longer, maybe because I didn’t want it to end! The lobby TV shows a longer documentary than the tour video of how Ben and Jerry started the company, and since I’m a nerd, I watched the whole thing and loved it. Anyway, here are the pics from the tour! (It’s a long story, but we actually went to Ben and Jerry’s twice, so that’s why you’ll see some pictures with a rainy background and some with clear skies.)

The international sign for “this way to ice cream!”

The Ben and Jerry’s ice cream van.

They have cute painted cows everywhere! You get a small sample of the “scoop of the day” ice cream, but we wanted to eat more, so we bought an ice cream cone too.  The ice cream tasted better and fresher than the pint I buy at the supermarket, but Frank said he couldn’t tell.  We also went to the ice cream graveyard to pay respects to the ice cream flavors that they retired.

Look how big the milk, cream, and sugar containers are!!

A pic of my friends’ shadows. Thanks for the awesome weekend!

The beautiful sunset on the drive back to Boston.