By now you know, dear Cheapos, a “Friday flip-through” wouldn’t be the same without a reference to an animal. Last week we reminded you about the frog festival in Louisiana, today we celebrate cats (no, not the musical).

Feline friend- 

Our friends over at Trippist, when not telling stories about Amsterdam’s public transportation or spending the summer in Rotterdam, are practicing their best Dr. Dolittle. Apparently, there’s a neighborhood cat one Trippist writer sees often. A photo on their site today, titled “furry friend”, made us smile. We have our own office cat (Oliver aka Prince Olaf: Scroll down to the bottom of ‘about us’), so we’re big feline fans.

Celtic care- 

The May 2008 issue of “International Travel News” (ITN) is chock full of some juicy travel tips. Among them, one writer’s take on how renting an apartment in Paris can save you lots of euros—and a fabulous list of interesting accommodations worldwide. In London, The Celtic Hotel is the latest property from the family that brought us the St. Margaret’s. One of ITN’s correspondents stayed there for a week last December and loved the location (in Russell Square), the great rates (£40 for a single), and the friendly service. 

City-score! 

This week was a slow week for snail mail in the EuroCheapo headquarters (ValPak anyone?), but then our copy of “CityScoops” arrived. We’ve never been able to figure out how often the little magazine, with interesting takes on New York City living, is published. We just know we’re fans.

This month’s issue includes a story on doggy dating (there we go again with the animal references!) in NYC, all the subway stations where you can see pop art murals and fine art paintings. And, finally, two personal favorites—a how-to guide for doing Broadway on a budget followed by a story on snagging cheapo spa treatments. The best part? A quick web search for “CityScoops” put us on their homepage, where we learned you can download the entire May ‘08 issue. City-score encore!

One last (dog-related) thing-

Finally, and we promise this will be our last reference to pets, there’s still time to enter our photo caption contest. We’ll announce the winner on Monday. 

Have a fabulous weekend, Cheapos!

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