FIESTAS PATRIAS

My Fiestas Patrias were pretty much… uneventful.

My family and I have never been a big fan of Fondas. We used to go sometimes when I was a kid, but it was merely for me to learn more about my own culture. The time passed, and it didn’t matter how many different places we’d go, every single one would look the same for me. The Chilean music con the background, tons and tons of food, and traditional games impossible to win. So eventually it became something we were just doing because we’d been doing it for the last years. But there wasn’t enjoyment to it anymore.

On Fiestas Patrias of 2014 we were getting prepared to go to a Fonda, when our car died right outside of our house. Apparently my mom forgot the lights on, and the battery suffered the consequences of it. Our fist though was “Well, nothing to do about it”. That day we spent it eating a barbeque my dad prepared with fries and ensalada chilena. There wasn’t Chilean music, or cuecas, but still was a lot of fun. It was nice to have some family time inside doors.

This year was different though. My mom was out of the house because she is studying right now and she had classes, and my dad had to go to the doctor because he was feeling a really bad pain in his back. So, it was a day for myself, which at the same time wasn’t all bad. I watched a lot of Netflix, slept a lot, read. The 19^th both of my parents were at home, and we had lunch in the terrace, listen to some music, and other things.

In the end, it was a common day.