Today I went on a field trip with the high school honors spanish students to visit the Pajaro Valley Arts Council Dia de Los Muertos display.

We then went next door to the Panadería Guadalajara to purchase fresh baked Mexican pastries.

Walking through the neighborhood we found beautiful murals. Here’s the kids at one of them.

Then we were off to Mi Pueblo Mercardo, to eat lunch and shop for Mexican foods.

Shopping with the students, visiting the butcher department, El Carnicero.

The butcher showed us a pig’s head, used to make Mexican hominy.

There were some great produce specialties.

   This is sugar cane

  White coconuts

 Yuca root

 Tomatillos

 Green cactus fruit

t Mexican guava

 Pomegranates

We stopped for lunch in the taqueria. I had a veggie sope, with guacamole, lettuce, mexican cheese, sour cream and a delicious green sauce served on a thick, corn “tortilla” made with masa harina.