After a 14-hour overnight bus ride from Buenos Aires, my two friends and I arrived in Mendoza, Argentina Friday morning just in time to partake in the festivities of Vendimia. Vendimia is a yearly celebration that takes place in Mendoza to welcome the harvest of grapes for the season. It is also the opportunity that the province elect a new "Queen" for the year. Each town nominates its own choice and the people at the festival select the winner.
After settling in at the hotel, we set off to explore the city, which is easily done in an hour-long walk. The city center is Plaza Independencia and it is surrounded by four smaller plazas at each corner - Plaza San Martin, Plaza Chile, Plaza Italia and Plaza Espana.
After a late lunch (that literally took two hours to finish because of the lack of service at the restaurant), we met up with my friend Belen, her sister and her sister's boyfriend to watch the first of a series of night and daytime parades.
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