I hope you, your family and friends are healthy and fine. We are fine in Oaxaca. Now we are in the color yellow!!! 

Almost 40% of the Mexican population has been vaccinated. In Oaxaca, people from 18-30 years old are waiting for the second dose. Children between 12-17 years old are going to be vaccinated if they suffer from an illness like heart problems, diabetes, etc.

At the moment, Mexico does not have any restrictions to get into the country.

Regarding the city  and life in Oaxaca:

Fall started and it is a little bit cooler. Sometimes windy, and people in Oaxaca said:  "Souls of the Dead people are arriving in Oaxaca and that´s why it is windy" - The Day of the Dead is coming and for the second time it seems everything will be cancelled… However, all the oaxaqueños will celebrate it somehow. 

Oaxaca will be very soon full of “Catrinas” (female elegant skeletons) and “calaveras” (skulls). All the streets, businesses and houses will have at least some ornaments reminding us of this celebration. My family is getting ready to set up our “Altar de muertos” at our house and we will also have one altar in Becari Conzatti. We will set the altar up at the school in memory of our beautiful Spanish teacher Monica, our adorable weaving teacher Sra. Eufrosina and our lovely lady who used to work for us in the Temazcal, Sra. 

Regarding the school:

We are happy we have some students back. Susan and Warren have come to our school for 15 years. We love them and we are very thankful for their friendship. Helen, Judy and Jim are also coming back in October. They were our last students when the pandemic started and our first students when they were able to travel. Thank you! We can not wait to see them!

We will have some special classes for the Day of the Dead, such as cooking classes, decoration of Skulls (alebrijes), lectures about the Day of the Dead, join us if you can!

Our Becari Conzatti family is growing and we are so lucky because we always get the nicest people in the whole world! Thank you to all our new students online or in-person! We have students from England, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Russian and the United States. And thank you to our students who continue with lessons online, who have recommended us and who have become part of our family. 

All the teachers and I are so grateful to you all!