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We woke up ten to six in the morning. It was cold and dark, but we had a mission. We wanted Chispa to be the first Casco Viejo dog to go to the Cinta Costera... and "inaugurate it" properly.  We jumped into our excercise suits and ran down Terraplen. And once we got there... it was doggy heaven! grass everywhere, multiple choices between hydrants, trees and park chairs.  Chispa chose a classic: grass was nice and soft. It was official: mission accomplished!

We walked all the way through, and got to Paitilla half hour later. After so much excercise there was only one choice: Baskin Robins next to the movie theatres. After our donuts and coffee, we walked back. All the journalists where buzzing around, the President was coming to inaugurate the place. Well, we had our own celebration! It was encouraging to see people using it so early, there where other owners with their dogs, the running associations came all out too, and I even saw a couple of skating teams.

Granted: the place has a lot of deficiencies. It doesn´t have enough garbage cans, in some areas high speed traffic is just too close to the pedestrian area. And if you want to cross Avenida Balboa, you´d better have good life insurance. But comparing to what we where used to for the last thirty years at least it is quite a notch up.

Of course, if we compare it to what we had sixty years ago, it might not feel the same way! but hey... I´m into positive today. Here are my photos!  Needless to say, Chispa slept all day through...

Don´t worry, I did pick it up...