In his many years of tour-leading experiences, Larry had yet to encounter a railway breakdown at Switzerland. Now he did, and so did we.

On our way from St. Gallen to Chur, the train stopped suddenly, creating a big puzzlement among our tour group. A lady sat on the opposite seat was kind enough to inform us that we had to leave the train. Apparently, the railway had broken down in between St. Gallen and Chur. We had a little chat with the lady, whose name we later learned as Nina, while waiting for a bus that would take us to Chur.

Carrying a large backpack, Nina looked like a backpacker, but in fact she is a native Swiss from Zurich. She was heading south. She said she would be singing with her friends. I clarified with her that it was nothing religious, but for pleasure. I imagined that she might be part of a band.

Evania and I took a couple of pictures with Nina. We also asked for her email address and promised that we will send her the pictures. We did, two days after we came back to Taiwan. It was not until one week later, we got her reply. She likes it when people keep their promises.