My Fiestas Patrias experience

This year's fiestas patrias for me were average-low in terms of fun. The first like, two or three days I was able to see friends because later they had to go elsewhere or stay at their houses to spend time with their families. The rest of the days with my family we barely did anything special apart from having a barbecue on a day that wasn't even the 18.
The other things I did were the usual when I go to my house: staying awake late, having strolls till midnight or a bit later, playing videogames and reading. When I was with my friends we played cards, saw videos and played videogames too. Two of them stayed in my house and we played 'til dawn. I also found out that my previously little cat wasn't that little anymore, but it was still as playful and problematic whenever he encounters our female cat. One of our dogs was fatter too. Also i ate a lot, and now perhaps i'm fatter too.

Fiestas Patrias

Normally I celebrate FP by travelling to my home in Puerto Varas, that 'free week' is a good excuse to escape from here and going home. I can't remember well  but last year i think I went there the same day as fonda fau so I could stay only a few hours but it was still pretty funny. It was very special because it was the first time in the year that I could see all my friends at the same time because due to the large student breaks we had, almost no one of my friends could see others.

The best FP I can remember isn't one in particular but all the ones I spent in Puerto Varas when I was still at school because I could freely see all my friends and family without problems and have lots of fun. The typical activities are fun for me but I've never been too much into them, at least I've played spinning top or rayuela or to fly a kite but never somethink like 'palo encebado' or 'catching the pig' and that stuff.

I don't care much about the rodeo but when I think about it for a little, it must be hard for animals, they suffer a lot and that's terrible... probably it should be stopped but its hard because it has a very large "fanbase" and it has its deep roots on the country. It is somewhat similar to the corridas in Spain and the animalists-moral debate around all that.

Lack of Cards

So i'm a huge fan of the popular chilean card game "Mitos y Leyendas" and recently a new edition came out and I went to the pre-release and acquire some of the new cards. In addition to that, two friends that don't live here in Santiago asked me to get them some cards once the new cards officially come out (which whas the 6th of September). The problem is that on that day every single one pack of cards and decks was completely sold out, all because of preorders and even that wasn't enough because a lot of pre-orders on different shops were less than they expected and a lot of people ended up without cards and of course, don't even start to think about selling not pre-ordered cards.
That day I went on a trip searching for cards in different shops with my best friend and her's boyfriend and of course didn't find nothing but we had a very good time. On one of those shops, the people attending told me that they were going to have cards to sell on Wednesday at 3pm more or less so  I became careless and feel very happy and relaxed thinking that I was going to get them.. but I was wrong.
In Thursday night, the facebook page of that shop stated that they received a message from the distributor telling them that the card wouldn't be enough the next day and because of that, they were only give them to the card that preordered before the official release and due to the high demand didn't get them.
Anyway I tried to get cards on Wednesday but I had the same problem: old sold out. So no cards for my friends an we'll have to wait until we come back from the vacation week that is coming.