I was on a train in Switzerland. The train came to a stop, and the conductor‘s voice came over the loudspeaker and delivered a message in German, then Italian, then French. I had made the mistake of not learning any of those languages before my vacation. Everyone started getting off the train, and an old woman saw I was confused and stressed (I had to catch an overnight train to Rome, and I was flying home from there).

She spoke some English, and she told me that an accident had happened on the tracks. She asked me where I was trying to get to, then went and talked to some workers, and came back to tell me that we‘d have to hop trains 3 or 4 times to get there.

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, pticalathely, “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.

当时我在瑞士的一辆火车上。火车进入站台，列车员的声音从扩音器里传出，用德语，意大利语和法语分别念了一条消息。我发现我犯了一个错误：我没有提前学习任何一种语言就开始了旅行。周围的人都开始离开列车，这时一位老妇人注意到了局促又迷茫的我（我必须搭乘一整晚的火车去罗马，并且从那里坐飞机回家）。

她会讲几句英语，告诉了我轨道出了事故。她询问我打算去哪里，然后去跟几位工作人员交谈了一下，回来告诉我我们必须得换乘三四次火车。

我很高兴她与我是同一路线，因为如果要我一个人弄懂这些是不可能的。我们从一个车站到下一个车站，在途中，我们逐渐了解对方。她真是特别好的一个人。

这趟旅途总共花了2.5个小时，当我们终于到达目的地时，我们下车互相告别。我刚好赶上了罗马那一趟火车，她告诉我她也有一趟车要赶。我问她要走多远，结果她的家在反方向的两个小时车程的地方。我在震惊后告诉她，“你是我遇到的最好的人”。她温柔地笑着，拥抱了我，并提醒我最好快点赶车回家。她看起来好像不是真的。我相信，我当时一定是在与一位天使说再见。

我不是一个很感性的男人，但那晚我哭了（该死，我现在也忍不住了）。一个女人花了她一整天的时间坐火车离家数小时路程远，就为了帮助一个参观她国家的迷茫的旅客。不过我去过多少国家，参观了多少景点，我一定会说，最美丽的国家是瑞士。