Cats of Bulgaria 
"I love cats because I love my home and after a while they become its visible soul."
Jean Cocteau, French writer and film director

At Rila Monastery, cats take turns sleeping on the tomb of Neofit Rilski.

Plovdiv prisoner.

This plush pussycat has an easy life at Dragalevtsi Monastery, summer home of the Bulgarian Patriarch.

Krsavice ("the beautiful one"), House Cat at the Hotel Horizont in Sofia

"Dobri" accents a sunny windowsill in Melnik.

"Divi" came with our room in Melnik.