greece, 2007
The cats of Greece
Rather than subject non-cat people to endless photos of Greece's predominant residents, I left most of them off the rest of the Greece photo pages. But I did take a lot of photos of cats, so I've banished them to this page.
Cats in Greece are everywhere.
Athens
These guys know where to hang out. This is a restaurant in the Plaka, a neighborhood of Athens near the Acropolis, and the kittens seem to eat pretty well.
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Do it! Do it! Do it!.
Woo-hoo!
Delphi
There were a lot of cats living near the ruins of Delphi, including this particularly small black kitten.
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There probably wouldn't be so many of them if the staff at the museum didn't invest so much time in feeding them.
Nafplion
This was our favorite friend in Nafplion. He spent most of his time on whitewashed steps leading up to our hotel, occasionally sitting in shop windows and doors.
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He liked us.
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Rhodes
Rhodes is Catville. The narrow, winding streets are filled with them.
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Look closely to find the cat. He's guarding the car.
A motorcycle can make a nice bed if you're small enough.
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A kitten guarding a cannon on the pier in Rhodes.
Yes, this guy is for real. I've never seen a cat like him.
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In the ruins of the Acropolis of Lindos.
Santorini
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We met a trio of kittens on a street overlooking the volcano in Santorini. They were friendly, but were preoccupied with stalking and wrestling with each other.
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On the island of Thirasia.
This cat is very much at home in a shop in Oia.
Mykonos
This guy was huge, and once we started petting him he followed us around like a pelican (not an analogy I would have considered before visiting Mykonos).
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Our Mykonos hotel was teeming with local cats, who liked to make friends with the guests and then get fed by them. This one was particularly
friendly and we hung out with him repeatedly, so we decided to name him. We wanted a Greek-sounding name, so he became Georgopolis.
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