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.

我曾在瑞士的一列火车上。火车停了，列车员的声音穿过了大声说话者的声音，先用德语宣布了一个消息，然后是意大利语，然后是法语。我犯了一个错误，就是没有在假期之前学其中任何一种语言。每个人都开始下车，有一位老妇人看见我很疑惑和紧张的样子（我得去赶一趟去罗马的火车，而且我想飞奔到家）。

她会说一点英语，她告诉我前面道路发生了事故。她问我我要去哪里，然后去和几个工人说话，又回来告诉我我们得越过3到4站才能到那里。

我真的很高兴她和我同路，因为我自己是完全搞不定的。后来，我们从一站到了下一站，一路上互相了解。她真的是最甜美的女人。

旅途总共两个半小时，最后到了目的地，我们下车互相道别。我及时赶上了到罗马的那趟火车，她说，她也要赶一趟火车。我问她还得走多远，结果她的家在我们来的方向回去需要2小时。她从一列火车到另一列火车，走了这么远就是为了确保我能赶上。我震惊了但是我努力说出话来，有些伤感，“你是我遇见过的最好的人”。她温柔地对我微笑，拥抱我，告诉我我得赶紧回家。她就像是一个梦。我深深地相信，我在对一个天使说再见。

我并不是一个感性的人，但是那晚我低着头哭了（该死的，此刻眼角又有了眼泪）。一位妇人她花了一整天离开她家就是为了帮一个来到她们国家迷惑的游客。不管我去了多少国家，见过多少风景，我总是说，世上最美的国家是瑞士。