Today, we woke up bright and early to travel to La Matanza, a town in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. We began our day by meeting up with some nursing students from Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, which is a local public university, meaning that it is free for all students who attend. After we met with these students, we went to another public sector hospital to tour it: Hospital La Matanza. This hospital was even more run down than the other public sector one we visited and it was extremely crowded. It also seemed not to have any heat or air conditioning and the entire place smelled like sewage. It was very apparent that the hospital was underfunded and over used because many of the rooms were dirty and falling apart, and there seemed to be more patients than doctors or nurses.  The tour made me feel very lucky to live in the United States, because even thought our healthcare system is far from perfect, at least we know we are getting high quality care in a safe environment. After our hospital tour, we went back to the campus of Universidad Nacional de La Matanza (UNLaM). We got a tour of the campus, which was very unique looking. I learned that the campus used to be a car factory for either Ford or Chevrolet, but the university purchased the property and turned it into a campus, which was very cool to see. I was asked to do an interview for someone that was recording our tour which was fun and a unique experience. UNLaM felt similar to Pitt, but there were definitely many differences as well. Many of the buildings are connected to one another through long hallways filled with classrooms and seating areas, which is similar to how many of the buildings at Pitt are interconnected with one another. One way UNLaM differs from Pitt is that there are no dorms and all of the students commute to campus each day.  This seems to be a normal thing for Argentine students, as Austral didn’t have any dorms either.  The campus was a lot more spread out and contained than Pitt’s is, more similar to West Chester University in my home town, and the library was much smaller, but other than these differences, the two schools are very similar.  To finish our day, we had a graffiti tour of Palermo, Buenos Aires’ biggest neighborhood.  We got to see a lot of fascinating street art and learn the meaning behind it, as well as look around a book store.  It was interesting to get to learn about how a lot of the street art is not vandalism, but rather expressions of political or emotional topics that are visually appealing and free for anyone to see. Especially in times of political turmoil, I think it is very interesting how people find unique and creative ways to express their emotions.