I was distributing on one of the longest shopping streets known to me in Europe, in Stockholm. This time of the year many tourists are expected. I'd hoped to meet some Germans as I drove through Stockholm with a little stock of German books, but it seems that they all vanished from Stockholm.
Nevertheless, after just a few minutes, I met a girl who was obviously enchanted by Indian culture. She was carrying a hare-nama chaddar and had Sanskrit prints on her hands. She wasn't at all the hippie type of person, but actually serious, much in contrast to other Swedish youth walking around. She had absolutely no knowledge that there are devotees in town, neither had she heard of ISKCON.
But she eagerly bought a Gita and two other books. A typical bhaktin candidate. And so throughout the day I met quite a number of interested people, finally ending up in the biggest esoteric shop in town, where for years we used to place Srila Prabhupada's books. However, it seems that they sold their last Gitas (the only book they ever took) quite some time ago.
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