Cat Daddy and I are back from Iceland, and we were lucky enough to land just before Storm Eunice hit. If you have never been to Iceland, I highly recommend it; it’s the most exquisite, enchanting place. I have learned that a single ten-minute mud mask at the Blue Lagoon can miraculously erase several days of vodka and poor sleep from your face. And Cat Daddy has learned not to stand too close to active geysers.
After reading that Reykjavik’s streets were full of cats, I had hoped to get my feline fix that way during our Roi-free week. However, a huge snow blizzard hit on the day of our arrival so, as you can imagine, the cats stayed indoors. The same snow blizzard meant that we didn’t see the Northern Lights, but this gives us an excuse to go back again.
The closest we came to any cats (Cat Daddy: “That’s not actually why we went, by the way”) was reading about a demonic cat of Icelandic legend called the Jólakötturinn, which is said to walk the earth on Christmas Eve, intent on devouring anyone who isn’t, erm, wearing new clothes. Luckily, since it’s February, we were in no danger of bumping into this beast, but we were somewhat unsettled to discover when Googling pictures of it, that most of them looked like slightly more pleasant versions of Sa Maj:
Apart from one or two screaming incidents, Louis Catorze behaved very well indeed during our absence and was sweet and affectionate towards his chat-sitteurs. In fact, he didn’t even say hello to us when we came home, choosing instead to remain with one of his chat-sitteurs on her work Zoom call. He then followed her outside when she went to vape, walking straight past us.
(Incidentally, he wasn’t sulking that we’d left him. He doesn’t care anywhere near enough to bother doing that.)
These were the scenes at Le Château during our absence:
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Well, you escaped one demon cat and returned safe to another.
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That’s exactly what happened! 🤣🤣🤣
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Clearly, you had great pet-sitters that were fully approved by his truly!
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Yes, he absolutely loved them! 🖤🖤🖤
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Thank you for introducing the Icelandic Yule Cat to us. The pictures we are shown are frightening. Compared to him, Louis looks angelic.
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Oh, trust me, Louis is the devil dressed up in a fluffy kitten’s body. 😈
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I’m sure deep down inside (very deep) Louis missed you a lot… 😉
I would love to go to Iceland, my favourite nr. 1 to visit. But unfortunately, I have a fear of flying…
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Oh no! Bit tricky if you don’t want to fly. Guess you could boat but it would take a while …
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The whole time I was reading this I was trying to imagine going to Iceland in February. I just couldn’t come up with a scenario that would motivate me to do that. 🙂
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Our motivation was the Northern Lights. Shame we didn’t see them! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Looks like Louis made his sitters feel right at home.
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Oh yes, they all had a fine time!
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I have heard of the Icelandic Cat, but I never realized how much he reassembled le roi.
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I didn’t, either! 🤣🤣🤣
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