Schooooooool's out for ever!

Well our stay in Oaxaca is nearing its end. Just got out of my last spanish class. Now I can say my head is about as full as it can get with spanish grammar and I need some time at the beach for it all to soak in. It's exciting to learn a new word or phrase that you thought you never heard before and then after you learn it, hear it everywhere. It's like the whole unintelligible mess you hear everyday on the streets starts to finally make some sense. It's funny to think that I've been hearing some of the same things everyday but never was able to pick out certain words. But mouch of it's still unintelligible. Apparently in Mexico it's customary for police to remove the license plates off of cars that are illegaly parked and wait on the street corner for the owner to come reclaim his or her plates for a fine, or maybe a "fine". I've seen several police standing around holding license plates and one crouched down removing a plate from someones car. I've asked some locals here about it and they say it's normal practice. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera at the time so all I have is a picture of part of the market (top) and all the food we bought (left)