Today was a little different than the rest. We had an entire day planned where we were supposed to go on a boat tour and learn about how they used boats for healthcare, like transportation. But it got canceled because of a strike going on in Argentina. Workers from big businesses went on strike and did not work today, causing our day to be different than usual. We made use of the time we now had by going and exploring more of the city. Before we explored the city we gathered as a group to debrief about everything we learned this week. After that we went to watch a women’s march at Plaza de Mayo that occurs every Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in front of the President’s house. This was the most interesting thing I learned and got to see today. The march is “mothers of the disappeared.” In the 70s there was a dictatorship in Argentina and the government was controlling the population to a point where when women gave birth they would either get rid of the children or separate them from their mothers. They would relocate the children to different families and give them a new identity. There were about 500 children that that happened to and only 100 have been identified. To this day mothers, as well as many others, continue to march for awareness. One of the cool things was that today when we watched the march there were maybe two women that were a part of the original group and had lost a son. After the march we decided to go to a market in San Telmo. It was really fun. We walked around and scoped out the area before we went to shop and eat. The first place I went to had empanadas and I immediately bought one. I had a jamon y queso empanada and it was truly the best empanada I have ever had in my life. It was perfect. And after that I went around shopping and spent almost all of my cash that I exchanged. I bought gifts for myself, my mom, sister, and brother. Tomorrow we are going to another university and I am very excited to learn more.