This image is from the back of the Hotel Keti on the Greek island of Santorini. The cat here is the same pregnant female I highlighted in an earlier post.
It was late afternoon, and my wife Melissa and I were relaxing in preparation for what was sure to be another glorious sunset over the water-filled volcanic caldera that fronts the main town on Santorini. Along came the female cat we had befriended earlier - hungry for a little attention, and as it turned out, for food as well.
Melissa implored me to go into town and get some cat food. So I did - climbing up, up, up, and up some more to reach the main town level. I was back in 30 minutes or so, and we popped open a can of food for the cat. After all, she was eating for many, not just herself. She consumed an entire can of food in less than a minute, and the picture you see here is basically 'cleanup' time.
Now for the cruise ship in the background. What you can't really get a sense for in this photo is the scale of things here. That rather large ship is hundreds of feet below the level of Hotel Keti. Just beyond the cat is a fairly sheer dropoff to water level.
In later posts I'll add a few non-cat photos to provide a better sense for scale and context about the 'Santorini experience.'
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Hi David,
I just discovered your blog (via Twitter). Your photos are wonderful and bring back some fabulous memories. I lived in Greece (Athens) for nearly 3 years back in the early 80's and was fortunate to have visited many of the islands as well.
I went back in 2006 and 2007 and couldn't believe all the changes, post-Olympics. I also loved the island cats, and took a few cat pictures on the islands as well as in Ephesus. Do you live in Greece full time? Is that where you are currently? Anyway, I enjoyed reading about your adventures there.
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Hi Lynda -
Thanks for your positive feedback on my blog and photos. I don't live in Greece, though I have been fortunate to have traveled there a few times in recent years - most recently in 2007 and 2008... a bit of island-hopping each trip. My wife and I really like Athens also. I think it would be fun to live there for a while, use it as a base for more exploration, etc. We visited Ephesus on a trip in 2002. That's an amazing place, too.
Thanks again for your comments (and Flickr photos), and stay tuned for more Greek cats, etc.!
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