[Gocamino] [saintjames] RE: - Ultreya Re: Renfe booking problem

[Walt Lersch]

Interestingly, the original link works for me.

Warning - my Spanish is EXTREMELY limited.

I then started the search from
http://www.renfe.es/horarios/english/index.html .  I set the departure as
Madrid and the selected the Search button in the same area/box.  That
presented a drop down box from which Sarria was selected.  This got me to
the page
http://horarios.renfe.es/hir/index.jsp?page=hjhir120.jsp&O=MADRI&D=?&AF=2009
&MF=MM&DF=DD&SF=NaN&ID=i, which was in (or partly in) English.  Selecting
the Buscar Transbordo button on that screen the seems to present an
alternative bus schedule.

I exclusively use IE 7.0.6000.16809.

Buen Camino,


Walt Lersch

-----Original Message-----
From: gocamino-bounces at oakapple.net [mailto:gocamino-bounces at oakapple.net]
On Behalf Of Robert Spenger
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9:13 AM
To: saintjames at yahoogroups.com
Cc: †GoCamino OakApple; †Yahoo Ultreya; †Yahoo Santiagobis
Subject: Re: [Gocamino] [saintjames] RE: - Ultreya Re: Renfe booking problem

Grant,

That is the site that I was using, of course, but I was not able to  
what you did, i.e. get a page which had Sarria as a destination. this  
was on the initial (English) page that I  got:
Origin :
      Main Departure Stations
Destination :
       Main Destination Stations
Lower on that page is this:

If your station does not appear on the drop-down list, enter at least  
3 letters of the name of the station from which you wish to begin your  
journey.
  	
  	
  	 I want to travel from:			



All the stations of Spain seem to be on that list, including Sarria,  
but note it is just for origins, not destinations.

I tried again just now, using the page that you posted and put in the  
date and accommodations choice (cama tourista).
Clicking on the following just brought me back to square one, with the  
list of Principales Estaciones, i.e. no Sarria.

			



Clicking on    just brought up a page that was blank except for the  
Renfe banner across the top, which included that same section as shown  
just above. Clicking on that had the same affect as it did on the  
other page.

I am not the only one who has had problems with this site and there is  
even another site that is devoted to advising people how to deal with  
the Renfe site:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187514-c80518/Madrid:Spain:Buying.Renfe.T
ickets.Online..html

I tried following that advice, but was still running into blind  
alleys. I even used Internet Explorer instead of my more familiar  
Safari, but that was even worse. I didn't go so far as trying in in  
Windows as was suggested. I have gotten lost enough just trying to use  
Windows for other such items.

The best advice I have received so far is to just wing it — go to the  
station as early as I can after arrival and hope that there will still  
be plenty of seats available. Since my ETA is over 12 hours before the  
train time, I have some confidence that it will work. If there is a  
day's delay, I can spend a night at a hotel in Madrid and see what the  
city has to offer or I can take the other alternative, a west bound  
bus. I suppose that it wouldn't hurt to check to see if there are any  
cheap, convenient flights from MAD to SdeC, where I could get an  
eastbound bus to Lugo and on south to Sarria.

Bob S.

On Mar 16, 2009, at 9:22 PM, Grant Spangler wrote:


Pulse aqui pa Madrid a Sarria.

http://horarios.renfe.es/hir/index.jsp?page=hjhir130.jsp&O=MADRI&D=20305

Buen Camino,


Grant


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