Assignment #10

This trip was honestly such an amazing experience and there were so many aspects to the trip that I was not expecting to like learning so much about the history of the City and the country. It was amazing to be able to have Nicolas take us through the city and show us buildings and areas of the city and explain the political events or people they were associated with. I loved going to Plaza de Mayo and learning about the grandmothers or Abuelas who march every week. We learned about how they are the ones who are protesting and looking for the lost grandchildren that were taken and given away from those women who were pregnant and kidnapped and "Disappeared" during the dirty war. We learned the difference between the Abuelas and the Madres who looked for the remains or bodies of their children who were taken and disappeared during that time. There are so many buildings we saw and statues and everything that were so interesting that I felt impelled to tell others about all the things that I had learned. I loved the experience and learning more about the city and another country and their political system and criminal justices systems and those who ruled because we rarely learn about these systems in other countries. It was hard sometimes to hear about the events that occurred but I loved being able to be more informed about Argentina and Buenos Aires while we were studying, and one of the biggest things I will take away from the trip