A story of a little princess…

Linnea’s dream of being a little princess has come true in this country. Already at the check-in counter in Newark, she was called a princess when given her boarding pass. Linnea’s face light up! As we boarded the plane, all the staff said hi to her and tried to play with her. As we waited to take-off, we asked a stewardess if we could have some water in her water bottle. They immediately took the water bottle and brought it back full on a nice serving tray! This was only to prepare her for what she was going to get in India.

As we walk through the streets, it is very unusual to go one block without having someone stop to look and wave at Linnea. At the mall a group of teenage girls raced to take her picture with her phone camera. Yesterday as we sat to eat a crepe, a teenage boy asked if he could take a picture of her. The waiters at the restaurant try to get her attention and play with her. At the Grand Hyatt, Linnea was given her corn by the chef himself. She then fell asleep in my arms during dinner and the waiters built a bed out of chairs and brought a shawl to cover her up. Linnea gets shy and is still trying to figure out why she’s getting all this attention !

The story of the little princess is one of the signs of how people are so kind in Mumbai. They are always ready to please you and try to help in any way. The school has treated us like kings and queens as well. They have taken us out to eat 3 times already and it seems like tomorrow night there are another dinner planned, all drinks and food paid by ASB.