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Hi all! This past weekend was day of the dead! Traveled to Oaxaca with two of my good friends-stayed in a cheap yet lovely hotel--traveled to see the enormous tree in a town called Tule, visited churches and markets--and overall just enjoyed the charming city. Oaxaca has more celebration of the day of the dead than here in xalapa--we went to the graveyard and it was decorated and filled with people visiting their loved ones graves...and also tons of tourists
there was a day of the dead play in the street, and also a parade with fireworks
we also got to play with a bunch of little kids hanging out in the street which was great spanish practice and great fun!

it gave me much pride to have planned the 10 hour bus trip with just two friends--and we pulled it off! mexico is bringing much needed independence and responsibility

my family in xalapa put up an alter celebrating the life of their daughter that died in her 20´s--
the family had never been much on the day of the dead but because she was a a theatre major and always celebrated it herself, they now honor her in this way

today when i asked for the (in my opinion overused) creme with my spicy breakfast food, i realized that i have adapted a lot to the mexican way of eating! it made me smile

this weekend we have another excursion with my group from the states, but it is also the weekend of my host sisters birthday extravaganza--a costume party of more than 200?
decisions decisions

off to more class, lunch (la comida), work at matraca, and then a basketball game in the evening!

love,
sara