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.





当我乘坐一列瑞士列车的时候,列车抵达一个站点,售票员通过扩音器分别用德语,意大利语然后用法语播报了列车信息。然而,在我度假之前,我悲剧的没有学习这其中的任何一门语言。人们开始下车,此时一位老妇人发现我的局促与茫然(我必须彻夜抵达罗马,然后从罗马乘机回家)。

她懂一点儿英文,告诉我说列车发生了点儿故障,然后她询问我想去哪里,并去询问工作人员,之后回来告诉我说抵达那里大概还要换乘3-4次车。

我很高兴她跟我同路,因为仅靠我自己就找到路简直就是天方夜谭。之后我们一路从一个车站到达另一个,在路上彼此深入了解。她真是世界上最善良的女人。

两个半小时以后,我们抵达了目的地,互说再见。我及时赶上了去往罗马的列车,而她也告诉我说他也要赶车,此时我才明白原来她的家还要往回乘坐两个小时的列车。她坐过一站又一站,只是为了确保我能找到路。我很震惊,很感动,努力让自己能够说出来话:“你是我见过最善良的人。”妇人微笑着温柔的拥抱了我,告诉我最好快点否则我就到不了家了。她看起来如此不真实,仿佛天使。我十分确信自己正在跟天使说再见。

我并不是很情绪化的人,但是在那一晚我泪流满面(可恶,我现在竟然也在哭)。一个素不相识的女人,在火车上耗费自己一整天的时间仅仅是为了帮助一个迷路的旅者来参观她的国家。无论我去过多少国家,看过多少风景,我都觉得,瑞士,是这个世界上最美的国家。




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