The first day in Buenos aires was absolutely amazing. However, this fantastic journey already started at the airport while we were stuck due the the overbooking of our flight. Next to us in the boarding gate sat a middle aged Argentinian man with his wife. Due to the long wait time we experienced, I was able to communicate with this friendly Argentinian for quite some time. There were a couple of things that surprised me though. Firstly, he had an open mind and a welcoming attitude towards sensitive subjects such as the government, inflation and the health care system. I thought this was quite contradictory to what was mentioned on the culturesmart book. In the book, we were advised to not discuss about issues such as the ones mentioned, but it seems that the reality is that Argentinians are quite passionate and open about these past incidents as they look forward to positive change in the future. In addition, the Argentinian man worked as a physician both in the U.S. and Argentina; therefore, he was able to understand our curiosity towards the Argentina health care system as it is even complex and confusing to his understanding. In addition, he spoke perfect English. Even though he chose to communicate with me in Spanish as I started the conversation in Spanish, he was very competent when it came to explaining complex ideas such as the health care system. I believe this is a great sign of globalization as we are leaving the U.S. to learn about Argentina and the Argentinian chose to live in the U.S. for an extended period of time to become better informed. As a result of this, it is very plausible that both countries will benefit from exchanges of information that goes beyond just the health care system. In addition, globalization is also present in the fact that a lot of establishment are operating on a bilingual basis. For example, the restaurant we went to at noon today offered English menus, as well as bilingual staffs for our service. This to me is a classic example of globalization as the utilization of multiple languages is often a byproduct of globalization. As far as development, I thought the well established transit system is a great example. From our CAPA leader Mariela, we learned that there are buses and subways that operate throughout the city, as well as border trains that take you to nearby areas. This is all organized through the SUBE transit system, which all of us have access to through our SUBE cards. One could even argue that the public transit system is better-developed that the one of Pittsburgh as it utilizes subways as well. All and all, it was a tiring though productive day.