Kitties!

Well, we made it to the Parma animal shelter in the middle of the afternoon on Thursday, only to discover that they're closed from 12-5 and then open again for 2 hours. So, rather than drive half an hour back home, we decided to look around for something to do in Parma.

Dinner seemed like a good option, so we consulted our GPS for local points of interest that were food related. Our first bid was for Polish food, but after driving 30 minutes to the only Polish restaurant that the GPS knew of in Parma, we discovered that the owners were on vacation and the place was closed for the week. We opted instead for German, drove another 30 minutes, and found ourselves at a place called Das Schnitzelhaus.

It was delicious, there was good draft German beer in 1-liter steins, delicious schnitzel, and tasty pierogi. That killed just enough time, we drove back to the shelter, and met the crazy cat ladies who run the place.

Seriously. Every one of those women was a crazy cat lady.

We ended up picking two cats, a boy and a girl, who we took home yesterday. Their new names (as chosen by us) are Schroedinger and Sappho. Schroedinger is long-haired and gray with a white face and white paws. Sappho is black and white. Pictures soon!