Feline Premonitions
Because Cats Know Things
Between us, my spouse and I have well over one hundred years of experience living with cats. Yet we are still often amazed by the influence our felines have on our lives.
We were celebrating because we had both just landed dream jobs at a NATO air base in Europe. We would be working in Aviano, a small town in northern Italy with a large military presence. The climate was warm and pleasant enough that cats easily thrived there, often seen in the back alleys slurping spaghetti, fed to them by kindly local grandmas.
While house hunting, we stayed at a quaint hotel in town, where the delicious food was amazingly cheap, the staff was cheerful, while the espresso coffees and cappuccinos from the café gave us a delightful jolt to perk up our day. A sultry glass of wine, after evening dinners on the restaurant terrace, was a wonderful way to end our workdays. It was paradise.
We were so enchanted with the hotel, that we were thrilled when we found a house to live in right across the street. Living so close by, we could continue to enjoy everything that the hotel had to offer within easy walking distance from our home. We rarely made coffee at home after that, preferring to enjoy the fine brews at the café instead. We loved getting to know the local folks as we eased into the Italian lifestyle.
