All over Thessaloniki, you’ll find little tableaux like this: a stray cat in a cat-hostel for one. A wooden fruit-box or similar, with a plump cushion. On it sleeps a cat. Next to it is another box, a covered one, just big enough to let the cat jump in when the weather’s poor. Alongside these are dishes of cat food and water.
Semi-feral cats are all over the place here. But many of them have benefactors providing food and shelter, and even more get daily doses of cat food, left on street corners and on doorsteps.

Looks like the cat lap of luxury!
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I think so, Jo. Currently at Thessaloniki airport. Then Athens, Rome Civitavecchia, and then boat to Barcelona! Could do with that cat’s bed …
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Have a good onward journey.
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Thank you. It’s over now, and had its ups and downs. A tale to be told,one day …
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Will be most interested to compare what you saw with my experiences over several holidays.
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Lovely. Safe flight. I suspect family is waiting 😊
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Arrived in the middle of last night. Can’t wait for granddaughter to wake up!
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Now you’re in the EU will you still have to produce your Brit passport at Greece, Italy, Spain? Hope it’s a smooth voyage.
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Passports vary. Some officialdom, some light touches. Covid passport rarely checked.
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Oh that’s interesting.
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Thanks for this beautiful series, Margaret!
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It’s been fun for me too.
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How sweet! We saw a house in Faro where they put bowls of cat food out on the doorstep each morning for the strays 🙂
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It was astonishing to see this kind of thing so generalised though.
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How lovely, the puss looks very comfortable. Safe onward travels.
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Thank you. One comfortable and well fed cat, eh?
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Beautiful cat, looks well cared for despite living on the street.
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Exactly. It’s a cat’s life, eh?
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Lucky cats!
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Yup!
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😄😄
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Safe journeying to you, and cat lovers of the world unite!
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Thank you. Journeying taking a longish break near Barcelona now. Phew! Two cats in residence …
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I can see why you thought of both Becky and me for this post. This cat looks so much like our cats. 😀 😀
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In other words contented and well fed!
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Sweet. We all have a sense of home, animals included.
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And in Greece, outside is fine!
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Comforting to see – lovely being cared for!
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Well cared for too.
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❤️
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