Janek arrived at the hostel at ten at night. He was tired from a long train ride and hungry for a shower. The woman at the desk looked at her screen, then at him, and frowned.
亚内克晚上十点到了青年旅舍。长时间坐火车让他很累，他特别想冲个澡。前台的女士看了看屏幕，又看了看他，皱起了眉头。
"I'm sorry," she said. "We have a problem. You and another guest have the same bed. Our system made a mistake."
“很抱歉，”她说，“出了点问题。您和另一位住客订到了同一张床。我们的系统出错了。”
Behind him, a woman with a large green backpack was already holding up her phone. "My booking says bed fourteen, top bunk," she said. "I have the confirmation right here."
他身后，一位背着绿色大背包的女士已经举起了手机。“我的订单上写的是十四号床，上铺，”她说，“确认信息就在这儿。”
"So does mine," Janek said, showing his own screen. They looked at each other, and for a moment, neither knew whether to laugh or to complain.
“我的也是，”亚内克说着，亮出了自己的屏幕。两人对视了一眼，一时间都不知道该笑还是该抱怨。
The receptionist lowered her voice. "The hostel is completely full tonight. The only free places are the two sofas in the lounge. They are comfortable, and I can offer you both a free breakfast tomorrow."
接待员压低了声音。“今晚旅舍已经全满了。唯一空着的是休息室里的两张沙发。沙发很舒服，明天我还可以送你们两位一份免费早餐。”
"That's fair," the woman said. "I'm Valeria, by the way."
“这样很合理，”那位女士说，“对了，我叫瓦莱丽娅。”
"Janek. I'll take the sofa by the window, if you don't mind."
“亚内克。要是你不介意，我想睡靠窗的那张沙发。”
The lounge was warm, with a tall bookshelf and a rug that had seen better days. They dropped their bags, and Valeria spread a paper map across the coffee table. It was covered in her pencil marks. "I only have two days here," she said. "I have been trying to decide between the old market and the hills."
休息室里很暖和，有一个高高的书架，还有一块已经很旧了的地毯。他们放下行李，瓦莱丽娅把一张纸质地图铺在茶几上，上面画满了她的铅笔记号。“我在这儿只有两天，”她说，“我一直在老市场和山丘之间拿不定主意。”
"I had the same problem," Janek said. "And I have a feeling that neither of us wants to walk alone in a new city."
“我也有同样的难题，”亚内克说，“而且我感觉，我们俩谁都不想一个人在陌生的城市里逛。”
In the morning, they ate breakfast together: a bowl of porridge and two cups of bad coffee. Then they marked a route on the map with a red pen. The market first, because it closed early. The hills in the afternoon, when the light was better.
早上，他们一起吃了早餐：一碗燕麦粥和两杯难喝的咖啡。然后他们用红笔在地图上标出了路线。先去市场，因为市场关门早。下午去山丘，那时光线更好。
They spent the day walking, trading small stories about the places they had been. Valeria knew how to bargain for a scarf, and Janek had a good sense of direction. By evening, they had climbed to the top of the hill. The whole city lay below them in orange light.
他们走了一整天，互相讲着去过的地方的小故事。瓦莱丽娅知道怎么砍价买围巾，亚内克的方向感很好。到傍晚，他们爬上了山顶。整座城市沐浴在橙色的光里，铺展在他们脚下。
Back at the hostel, the receptionist smiled and said that a bed was free tonight. Janek and Valeria looked at each other, shrugged, and carried their bags back to the sofas.
回到旅舍，接待员笑着说今晚有一张床空出来了。亚内克和瓦莱丽娅互相看了看，耸了耸肩，又把行李拎回了沙发边。
