He then recalled the project we did and how we had to create mini altars in shoeboxes filled with yellow flowers, food, skulls and other goods. Then I asked him if he had any other experiences similar to Dia de los Muertos, which he expanded on his experiences we had in high school. While I only did two years of Spanish, Brendan continued all four years in high school and even into a study abroad program in Barcelona. In those extra two years, he said that they did similar projects to the one we did together freshman year. For his junior year, he was actually able to eat pan de muerto that one of his teachers made for the class. They also glass Mexican soda bottles and he said the pineapple one was his favorite. I then discussed how this is similar to what occurs during dia de los muertos since families would often drink and eat at gravesites of passed loved ones. I discussed with him some of the general things that were covered during class and he even watched some of the documentary with me. I then asked him what surprised him, or what were some misconceptions that he previously had around the
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