I'm a freelance journalist looking for some quirky travel
story ideas in Europe?
Seen something you think would make a good story?
Know of any particularly weird festivals?
Places that wouldn't make a the pages of a guide book?
Please let me know.
Thanks.
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In Catalonia they celebrate christmas very tastefuly, the
villages have matching tree decorations and some villages
put on their own type of nativity plays. There is also a
custom where every shop window has a little nativity scene
in it. We looked at these little figures, each one was
different and they were quite inventive, then we started to
notice a character that stood out like a sore thumb. Behind
the stable or hiding in the bushes was a little gnome
dressed in trditional Catalan costume crouching down and
er... taking a crap! They were everywhere. We even found a
life size one recently and a museum full of them. Apparently
it's something to do with becoming one with nature by
fertalizing. He's called a cagner and some catalans are
calling for a huge statue of him
......in Barcelona (that bit didn't type in for some reason)