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Day 9 Monday (31^st October)

Shopping day! Well it wasn’t planned as such, but we strolled down toward the 20 Noviembre Market, planning to first go to the Textile Museum – which we somehow walked right past, thanks to Google maps being wrong. Instead, we got a bit carried away shopping in the 20 Noviembre Market, followed by the Artesenal Market. Not sure where the time went but it sure disappeared, and we headed back up the Alcala to look for a late lunch stop – even outside of peak hours we couldn’t get into Los Dazantes, so we carried on up the hill to El Escapulario, a down-to-earth homely restaurant. Unfortunately they didn’t take credit cards and we’d spent most of our spare cash in the market, so we did confuse them with our bizarre mix of side dishes and starters, shared to ensure we had enough to pay for it.

In the evening, we went up to the Panteon General, open for the first time since the pandemic. On reflection it was a tad too early for the Dia de Muertos liveliness, but it was a beautiful and contemplative way to spend a couple of hours, seeing families start to decorate their graves and the few with candles just about lighting up the pathways. Headed back into town after supper at one of the stalls outside the cemetery, and wandered a bit before an early night as we had a very early start the next day.

Day time photos https://vampyresheep.smugmug.com/Holidays/2022-Mexico/10-31-Mon-Oaxaca-wandering

Evening photos: https://vampyresheep.smugmug.com/Holidays/2022-Mexico/10-31-Mon-eve-Panteon-General