Today, we got to sleep in for the first time in a while. After a nice breakfast, we boarded a bus and headed to the Museo de los Inmigrantes, which is similar to Ellis Island in New York. We got to have a tour of the museum and we learned a lot about immigration into Argentina. Argentina received many immigrants throughout the 19th and 20th centuries from places all around the world. They were one of the most popular places for immigrants to travel to due to how everything is relatively inexpensive and there is a large job market, in addition to the Argentine lifestyle which many people seek. The process of immigrating into Argentina is much easier than in the United States, as you only need to state your business and you will most likely be granted a visa as long as you are not a war criminal. After you live in the country for 6 months, you can renew your visa and you are on your way to becoming a citizen. This is very different from the United States, where immigrants have to go through a strenuous process that can take years to complete.  The process involves a lot of time and tests and can be discouraging to people trying to attain citizenship.  In Argentina, they welcome immigrants, as during colonial times, they needed immigrants in order to populate their country and keep it running. Argentina is known as a melting pot, which I have definitely noticed as many of the citizens have different ethnic backgrounds and come from a variety of places around the world.  Most people come from southern Europe such as Italy and Spain, and the middle east.  Argentina’s open mind to immigration has been proven to be effective in creating a melting pot of different cultures, which goes to show that when you let new people in, it creates good things.  The second museum we visited was the Museo Etnografico, which had many archeological and anthropological relics found in the Andes region and from all around the world.  We got to see artifacts that were over 2,000 years old that were found in different parts of the country and from different cultures all over the world.  I found it fascinating that we got to see and touch things from completely different times.  To finish off the day, we had dinner with two successful doctors who were from Argentina and studied and trained in Pittsburgh at UPMC.