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, , “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.

那次我正坐火车去瑞士的路上。火车停了下来，扬声器中传来乘务员的声音，用德语、意大利语、法语轮流播报消息。我已经犯了一个大错，我出发之前并没有学过这些语言。乘客们开始纷纷下车，一位老妇女看到我困惑又沮丧（我必须赶一班去罗马的夜车，然后从那儿坐飞机回家。）

她会讲一些英语，她告诉我铁轨发生了事故。她问我要去哪里，然后就转身去问工作人员，回来告诉我说需要转乘3至4次火车才能到那儿。

我高兴坏了，庆幸她和我顺路，因为我一个人肯定搞不定。所以我们一起从一辆火车转到另一辆，并渐渐熟悉彼此，她真的是我见过最善良的女人。

整个旅途花了2.5小时，我们最终抵达了目的地，我们下车并互相道别。我赶上了去罗马的火车，她告诉我她也需要赶火车。我问她有多远，她告诉我说需要2小时才能回到家。她陪着我换乘一辆又一辆火车，只是为了确保我可以顺利到达目的地。我惊讶无比但试图脱口而出，激动地说：“你是我见过最善良的人”。她温柔地对着我微笑，拥抱我，叫我最好赶紧动身，顺利到家。她看起来是不真实的，我确信我在和一个天使在告别。

我并不是个情绪化的人，但是那一晚我哭惨了。（该死！我现在又哭了）。她花了整整一天时间坐火车，远离她家几个小时的路程，只是为了帮助一个初来乍到的困惑旅客。不管我去过多少国家和景点，我都会说瑞士是这世界上最美丽的国家。