4 -11 March
We came to Mendoza for the Vendemia festival celebrated at the start of the grape harvesting season (wine time!). We stayed for a week, watching the parades, shopping at the craft markets, going to a big show in the hills where they elect the Vendemia Queen, taking a cycle tour of some vineyards and spending a day at huge thermal spa pools in the mountains.
|
"City of Mendoza" |
|
The road into Mendoza - wine country |
|
The regional queens |
|
Miss Godoy Cruz was the winner at the final |
|
They actually throw melons into the crowd! |
|
Plaza Italia (I think) |
|
Interesting statue - theyre either going really fast or sinking! |
|
Creepy giant ants! |
|
Delicious chocolate and dulce de leche! |
|
Carnaval in Mendoza |
|
The vendemia night parade |
|
Moe's Tavern! |
|
The finale - electing the Vendemia Queen! |
|
15 minutes of fireworks! |
Winery tour
|
We cycle toured some wineries |
The next day we went to the Thermal pools in the mountains
|
Cactus graffiti! |
|
Pretty sunset over the Andes |
No comments:
Post a Comment