Cat Cafe

(This image courtesy of the Korean Herald, which won't allow me to crop out the image of the dog cafe on the right.)
On Sunday, Katie and I went to a place called giocat, AKA the cat cafe near Hongik University. You pay 8,000 Won for a complimentary beverage and an opportunity to play with a ton of cats. It was pretty packed yesterday, there was at least a 2-hour wait. During those two hours we went to Dos Tacos, which has a lot of vegetarian options but is no On The Border.

When we were finally called in, we entered a room with dozens of cats. Bad cats and love cats were kept in their own spacious cages, but the rest were just roaming around. There was no flash photography allowed, and no holding cats when they want to go away. It seemed pretty cat-friendly, but the cats were surprisingly unaffectionate and not playful. I wonder if having a constant stream of people coming in and out is just too much for them, or if they get their play time done earlier in the day.

The decor was nice and I like the idea, but I felt like kind of a weirdo. I like taking care of animals, but not paying to pretend like I'm not intruding on their lives for my own enjoyment. And if you don't know, now you know.