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Hi from Živogošće!
Last week, I made a mistake. I compared the effect of the strong local wind shaking my accommodation to an earthquake. Well, it turned out: it WAS an earthquake! Nature is having a ball in Dalmatia, and I can’t even distinguish its phenomena.
On the other side of the Adriatic, it can also get wild. Italy has officially closed the 25th Winter Olympic Games. One of the crazier moments at Milano Cortina 2026 was when a wolfdog decided to run on the track where a fellow Croatian, cross-country skier Tena Hadžić, was finishing the race.
In a world already accustomed to AI cat Olympics, I bet many dismissed this news as fake. But animals can be quite unpredictable.
In my journey around the globe, I met countless cats, from a grieving mother cat in Cambodia to cats chilling among African hyenas.
But a purring welcome I received in Živogošće, a place I anchored myself for the time being, almost resembled a choir.
Winters can get lonely in this small tourist place with barely 400 permanent inhabitants. Among them are cats, street wanderers that belong to no one and benefit from everyone. All of them well-fed, they seem to receive enough nourishment from locals. But something is missing here, out of the summer season.
Tourists. There are no tourists.
So, when I wander around the streets myself, I encounter two types of cats. Those who I surprise by turning a corner get startled and run away. Those who still remember the benefits of attention provided by visitors also run. But towards me.
I edited a special little video of my encounters with Živogošće’s needy stray cats. Even though I’m not a special fan of these animals, it seems I found some great friends in this new town of mine.
I salute you with the words of Baby Lasagna, a Croatian musician and cat lover whose name was inspired by Garfield‘s favorite food: ‘Bye mom, bye dad, meow, cat, please, meow back.’
Have a purring week,
Ivan Kralj
Pipeaway.com
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