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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Rod.. I found the buses in northern Spain to be a much
better bet.The trains are either painfully slow local ones and the fast ones are
very infrequent and ooften go at the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>most inconvenient times.Check out ALSA buses ..timetable
is online I think.They are regular reliable,comfortable Greyhound like beasts
and they are not expensive. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:rodaCIRCLEOFHOPE.NET" title=rodaCIRCLEOFHOPE.NET>Rod White</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu"
title=GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 30, 2001 2:19
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Questions from Philly
planner</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=980091114-30102001>Hello
everyone,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=980091114-30102001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=980091114-30102001>Thanks for all the very
helpful talk on this list, since I joined! You are an interesting, caring
group!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=980091114-30102001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=980091114-30102001>I haven't
been learning fast enough from eavesdropping and reading all the books.
So I decided to ask for some advice.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=980091114-30102001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=980091114-30102001>1) My wife and I only
have three weeks to be pilgrims next summer, but we feel quite moved to
be on the road to Santiago. I'm thinking we will fly to Madrid, where we have
friends, and then travel to a spot on the camino where we can start our
journey. Given that we are 47 and reasonably in shape. <STRONG>Where is a good
starting place that is about two weeks from
Santiago?</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=980091114-30102001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=980091114-30102001>2) I also have not
discovered what is the best way to travel from and back to Madrid. <STRONG>Is
the train a good way to travel in Spain? Have you ever tried one-way car
rentals?</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=980091114-30102001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=980091114-30102001>3) We are very interested
in making kind of a side-pilgrimage on the way back to Avila, since we have
been greatly influenced by Teresa. <STRONG>Does anyone care to give us hints
on how to explore there for a day?</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=980091114-30102001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=980091114-30102001>Perhaps I am jumbling too
many questions together. So I appreciate your patience, in
advance.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=980091114-30102001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=980091114-30102001>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=980091114-30102001>Rod
White</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=980091114-30102001>Philadelphia</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>