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.

我坐在瑞士的一辆火车上。火车停下来，售票员的声音穿过喧闹的人群，先后用德语，意大利语和法语传达一个消息。在开始这次旅行前我犯了个错——没有学习其中的任何一门语言。大伙都开始下车，一位老妇人看见既困惑又紧张的我（我必须要赶上一趟去罗马的夜间车，再从那搭飞机回家）。

她讲一些英语，告诉我车轨出了个事故。她问我要去哪，接着走去和一些工作人员交谈一番，再返回跟我说我们要转三、四次车才能到达目的地。

我很高兴她也走同一条路，因为靠我自己要想辨清路线是非常困难的。所以我们从一个车站赶往另一个，一路上认识了彼此。她真是最可爱的女人。

总共是两个半小时的旅程，最后当到达目的地时，我们下车并对彼此说了再见。我刚好赶上了去罗马的火车，她告诉我她也要赶一趟车。我问她还要继续走多远，结果她说她的家在反方向距离2个小时的车程。她穿梭于火车间，走完了整个路就是为了确保我能顺利到达。我十分震惊但还是努力用同情的语气说：”你是我遇见的最好的人。“她温和地笑了，给我个拥抱并告诉我赶快搭车才能顺利回家。她看上去不真实。我很确信自己是在和一位天使道别。

我并不是个感性的家伙，但那晚我不禁潸然泪下（该死，我现在也在哭。）一个女人花整天的时间坐几个小时火车离开家就是为了帮助一位前来旅游的困惑的游客。不管我参观过多少国家或看过多少风景，我都会说世上最美的国家是瑞士。