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, 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.

我曾在瑞士搭乘一班火车。它在一个站上停靠了。接着传来乘务员分别用德语、意大利语、法语播报的一则消息。我犯了一个糊涂，没能在旅行前学习一点那些语言。人们开始陆续走下火车，这时，一位年长的女士看见我迷茫又焦虑的（停留在原处）。我本来是要搭乘一班过夜的火车到罗马，然后乘飞机回家的。）

她能够讲一些英语，所以她告诉了我（停靠的原因是）在火车的轨道上发生了一个事故。她询问我打算去哪里，接着走过去，向那些工作人员咨询，然后回来告诉我说，我们必须换乘3、4趟火车才能到那里。

我真的很开心她与我同路，因为对我而言，一个人解决这些（问题）实在是太无望了。于是我们从一个火车站转到下一个，沿途我们逐渐了解对方。她真的是这世上最贴心的女士。

那是一段总计2.5小时的旅程，当我们终于到达目的地后，我们走下火车，互相道别。我及时地赶上了去罗马的火车，然后她告诉我她也需要再赶一班火车，我问她还有多远，结果竟是她家在相反的方向，需要用两个小时（才能到）。她从一趟火车跳上另一趟火车，陪我走完整个旅程，仅仅是为了确保我能及时上车。我很震惊，不禁脱口而出：“你真是我遇到过的最善良的人!”她轻轻地笑了，然后拥抱了我，嘱咐我最好快点，这样就可以很快到家了。她是如此的缥缈，以至于我快以为自己是在对一位天使道别。

我不是一个喜怒都在脸上的人，但那晚我真的哭得天昏地暗（该死！我现在又这样了）。一位女士用了整整一天，乘火车离开自己的家乡，就只为帮助一个在她的国家旅行的无助的游客。无论我游历多少国家，观赏多少城市，在我心里，瑞士是这世上最美丽的国家。