July 1978 while Eurailing with my Swedish boyfriend a schedule miscalculation caused us to spend a rainy night sheltering in an underpass near the Lucerne train station.  When the station opened we groggily filed in and went to a side shop to buy some bread. As we left the shop we saw the young man who had only minutes earlier been waiting on a bench was now slumped, head battered, unconscious, and convulsing.  My boyfriend gave first aid while I got help from the station worker.  I was horrified when he dismissively waved his hand.  I was an 18 yr old, painfully shy small town girl but I shouted, I shook my fist, I demanded he call the police.  I took out my Kodak Instamatic and was about to take a photo of him when he relented.  The ambulance and police arrived quickly, a detective questioned us and he very kindly said in English - You saved this man's life.  He's very hurt.  We will tell him about you.We caught the first train to Basel and while waiting for our train to Hamburg we ducked into a small station cafe for coffee where two nicely dressed young women balefully looked at us.  While standing up and adjusting my backpack the waist strap swung sideways and knocked over my empty cup.  I set it straight on the saucer.  One of the young ladies said to her companion, in English, I really hate American tourists.

July 1978 while Eurailing with my Swedish boyfriend a schedule miscalculation caused us to spend a rainy night sheltering in an underpass near the Lucerne train station.  When the station opened we groggily filed in and went to a side shop to buy some bread. As we left the shop we saw the young man who had only minutes earlier been waiting on a bench was now slumped, head battered, unconscious, and convulsing.  My boyfriend gave first aid while I got help from the station worker.  I was horrified when he dismissively waved his hand.  I was an 18 yr old, painfully shy small town girl but I shouted, I shook my fist, I demanded he call the police.  I took out my Kodak Instamatic and was about to take a photo of him when he relented.  The ambulance and police arrived quickly, a detective questioned us and he very kindly said in English - You saved this man's life.  He's very hurt.  We will tell him about you.We caught the first train to Basel and while waiting for our train to Hamburg we ducked into a small station cafe for coffee where two nicely dressed young women balefully looked at us.  While standing up and adjusting my backpack the waist strap swung sideways and knocked over my empty cup.  I set it straight on the saucer.  One of the young ladies said to her companion, in English, I really hate American tourists.

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