CaptainOrange

12 days of finding cats everywhere Athens This isn't the first cat I saw in Athens, but it was the one that inspired this blog post. How could I say no to the killer combo of a cat in a locked courtyard and a hundred oranges. This cat was in no way tame and fled at the first opportunity, even though it was protected from me by a locked gate. This orange cat was hunting something, but Brad said we didn't have time to investigate. Cat on a (not so hot) tin roof and protected by barbed wire. I called it, but it was too busy trying to get some sleep to bother with me. Apparently this part of Athens has a cat hostel?!? Even a place for them to hitch their horses while they wet their whiskers at a local saloon ;) Lazy morning of absorbing the aroma of this Tree Germander  which is in the mint family. Leo said this one reminds them on the cat from Stray , a game we played together on the PS5 entirely based on the fact that you can play a cat with a backpack. Most of the cats look like...

Greece Okay, so it was supposed to be "Hawaii (Maui), but I couldn't do it. Maybe it was just the time Brad and I were planning it, but accommodations on Maui were stupid expensive. I'm talking $250-$500 per night for sketchy results. Many airbnb listings were for something like this:  "shared space in my back yard with a limit of 6 other families, so it doesn't feel crowded AND you can't leave your tent up any time between 6 am and 6 pm or we could get fined." At the last minute, we did some quick brainstorming and came up with Greece.  Nice Hotel... $100/night Let's go... 2023-02-04 Flights Bad flight experiences are not new and the international news has been rife with horrific travel stories. On his Christmas trip to Saskatoon, Brad lost several days of his vacation from weather delays AND had his luggage lost for the entire time he was here. Needless to say, I was worried that things were still going to be a shit storm. Brad gets "apprehende...