I was really glad she was headed the same way, because it would have been hopeless for me to figure it out on my own. So we went from one train station to the next, getting to know each other along the way. She was really the sweetest woman.

It was a 2.5 hour journey in total, and when we finally made it to the destination, we got off and said our goodbyes. I had made it just in time to catch my train to Rome, and she told me she had a train to catch, too. I asked her how much farther she had to go, and it turns out her home was 2 hours back the other way. She had jumped from train to train and traveled the whole way just to make sure I made it. I was in shock but I managed to blurt out, pathetically, “you are the nicest person I‘ve ever met“. She smiled gently and hugged me and told me I‘d better hurry off so I make it home. She seemed unreal. I was really convinced I was saying goodbye to an angel.

I‘m not a very emotional dude, but I cried my face off that night (dammit, I‘m doing it now, too). A woman spent her entire day sitting on trains taking her hours away from her home just to help out a confused tourist visiting her country. No matter how many countries I visit or sites I see, I‘ll always say the most beautiful country in the world is Switzerland.





我坐在瑞士的一辆火车里。火车停了下来,喇叭里传来乘务员的声音,先是德语,然后是意大利语、法语。这时我意识到,休假前没有学习其中的任何一门语言,真是失误。大家开始下车,一个老妇人看出我又紧张又迷茫(我必须去赶一趟开往罗马的夜班火车,以便从那里飞回家)。

她说了几句英文,告诉我前方的铁轨发生了意外。她问了我要去哪里,然后和几个工人聊几句,回来之后她告诉我,我们要转乘三四趟火车才能到。

如果是靠我自己,我真的要绝望了,幸好遇到了她。于是,我们从一个车站赶往下一个车站,路上我们聊了很多,她真是最可爱的女人。

经过2.5小时的旅程,我们抵达了目的地,下车道别。我刚好赶上开往罗马的火车,她告诉我她也要赶火车。我问她还有多远,她说要两个小时,正好在我们来的路上。她一趟一趟的赶火车,跟我完成了整个旅程,只是为了确认我可以赶上火车。我很震惊,努力控制着自己的情绪,但还是脱口而出:“你是我见过最好的人。”她温柔的微笑着拥抱我,提醒我如果想赶回家,最好赶快出发。这一切似乎那么不真实,我几乎确信我在和天使说再见。

我不是一个感性的人,但是那天晚上我哭的一塌糊涂(该死,是的,我确实哭了)。一个女人花了一整天时间,离开家坐几个小时的火车,只是为了帮助一个到她的国家来游玩的、迷路的游客。无论我到什么国家、什么地方,我都会说世界上最美的国家是瑞士。




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