But we were loving every minute of it, chugging straight up a mountainside, puff by puff, in a 1938 steam train built by the Italians when Eritrea was the jewel in their African crown.

• 但是我们享受着这分分秒秒的美好时光。火车正扑哧扑哧喘着粗气往山上爬行，火车头是意大利1938年制造的，那时的厄立特里亚可是意大利非洲皇冠上的璀璨宝石。