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2018’s most bizarre requests to diplomats: are there vampires in Poland?

Where can I get a veggie sausage in India? Foreign Office reveals the strangest pleas to British embassies

One man in Delhi was desperate for vegetarian sausages and heard the embassy stocked supplies. Another wanted to double check that Poland wasn’t home to vampires, after an internet date asked about his blood group before they met.

A holidaymaker in Spain demanded help swapping hotel rooms after a stray cat “broke in” and peed on the bed. Someone in America wanted a quick update on the latest round of Strictly Come Dancing. And in Italy there was a wedding to be arranged, ideally with tickets to see the pope thrown in.

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from World news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2RkZC1Y

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