This particular blog is for Sci Fi fans / perhaps Sci Reality fans.

Flying into Buenos Aires, we were picked up by our guide and taken to our hotel. As it was fairly early in the morning, they had thought perhaps we'd take a nap or something before going out for a tour of the city in the afternoon. no,no,no. Can't do that if you want to avoid jet lag. We'd made sure we had our room available in the morning so we could take a shower. Not happy to arrive somewhere and have to sit in a hotel lobby for a few hours before we can get clean or wander around waiting for a shower. really like being clean which is certainly one reason why we don't camp so much anymore.

Anyway, everyone had told us to go to Recoleta Cemetery which was just a block away from our hotel. Said it was the oldest and best cemetery in the city. As cemeteries are always picturesque and interesting, sounded like a very good idea to us. Showers, breakfast, then out on the streets of B.A. - singing in my head the soundtrack from Evita.

Of course, we managed to go the wrong direction so ended up walking totally all the way around the cemetery before we found the entrance but that put us walking past the Church of the Divine Pillar so we went in there for a look. As always, a good Catholic church with amazing decorations richly covered in gilt and gold and silver. Also we could look out the windows into the cemetery.

Finally into the cemetery which is surprisingly large with many little walkways and turns and might be easy to get lost. Also many old crypts and mausoleums and tombs. hardly any grave sites with just a grassy space and a small headstone. All massive with carvings, cherubs, stained glass, weeping angels, the Virgin Mary, other religious ornamentation, plaques, memorials, marble, concrete, porcelain, brick, and other materials. Just wonderful to wander through and see how revered some tombs were and how sad others were in that no one was coming to visit them anymore. Yes, some places were brilliant in their shine and gloss and being kept clean and polished and then others, mostly very older ones, must have lost all remaining family members so no one comes to visit and the tomb would slowly be fading away - dirty, neglected, and grown over somewhat with weeds. All fairly typical of most cemeteries that are very old. broken masonry and faded out lettering.

You may have noticed I mentioned weeping Angels. For Doctor Who fans, you know what I am talking about. But I believe we stumbled upon a secret weapon. As there are many people wandering the cemetery every day - many tourists, groundskeepers, historians, family member, etc, it would be a hey day for the weeping Angels and some people would not know to keep their eyes on the Angels. We discovered quickly that there is a large population of cats living in the cemetery. They weren't all prime specimens, some a bit beat up and show signs of heavy wear. But also, someone is taking care of the cats. There were signs of food bowls out in many places and we saw some of the cats having their breakfast in doorways of crypts. Many of the cats were happy to have a quick pat on the head from us, seeming to recognize "cat people" - which we are.

We have long recognized that cats have powers. Ours always warned us if a large earthquake was imminent (when we lived in earthquake country). And many times cats will chase the Dreamerlies - ghosts that flicker through the house and the cats chase them away. So we were pretty sure here that the cats are tasked with keeping eyes on the weeping Angels. If anyone wonders why cats spend so much time sleeping, it is because their jobs are so arduous - Disaster warnings, ghost chasers, Angel watchers. And who knows what else.

So ha ha you might think, what a silly blogger, but have you ever been in a cemetery without a cat somewhere in residence? Has your cat ever run through your house for no reason that you can see? Is your cat nervous before an Earthquake? Sci Fi? hmmmm.