Some Cats of Makrigialos, Lastithi

I love cats.

One of the things I love most about visiting Crete for any length of time is the number of cats I meet — Greece has a lot of cats around, some of them feral, some semi-domesticated (particularly hanging around restaurants), and then, of course, your pet moggy.

I was aware even as a young kid of some of the differences between Greek cats and the cats I was used to growing up in Wales — Greek cats are usually heavier when you pick them up, as they have more muscle on them (I very rarely see a fat cat in Greece, as they’re either…