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.

我坐在瑞士的火车上，车到站了，广播中传来售票员的声音，他依次用德语、意大利语和法语广播。而出发前我没有学其中的任何一门语言实在是错误。人们开始下车，一位来夫人发现我很困惑压抑（我不得不赶一辆开往罗马的夜班火车，然后坐飞机回家）。

她会说些英文，告诉我铁轨出了些问题。她问我是去哪，然后和几个工人聊了聊，又回来说我们要搭三四次车才能到那。

我很欣慰她也去那，因为如果让我一个人去我会很绝望的。于是我们去领一个车站换乘，在路上我们了解了彼此。她真的是个很热心的女人。

总共花了2.5个小时，当我们到了目的地，我们下车彼此告别。我恰能及时赶上去罗马的火车，而她告诉我她也要赶一班车。我问她还要走多远，原来她要坐2小时回程。她之前一次次换乘就是为了确认我能赶上车。我实在是震惊，眼眶有些湿润。“你是我见过的最好的人。”我说。 她抿嘴一笑，抱抱我说我最好快去赶车回家去。我确信我在和一只善良的天使道别，那么美丽，那么梦幻。

我不是那种多愁善感的家伙，但那晚我哭了（可恶，现在我也哭了）。一位妇女把她整天的时间花在乘坐离家远去的火车上就是为了帮助一位困惑的游客。无论我去过多少个国家，参观过多少出风景，我都会说世上最美的国家是瑞士。