<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#b8b8b8>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had a similar problem when I was figuring out my
travel to SJPP in 2000. I went through <A
href="http://www.eurorail.com">www.eurorail.com</A>. They are the
official US agent for numerous European raillines. If you go to the About
Us section you will find a toll-free number in the US. Both times I
travelled to Europe for the camino I purchased my train tickets in advance
through this site.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Though I cannot remember exactly why, though it
hinged on ground transportation, I ended up flying into Paris and taking trains
to Bayonne and SJPP rather than flying into Madrid. </FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:agsustraCHARTER.NET" title=agsustraCHARTER.NET>Tony
Schuster</A> </DIV>
<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> Thursday, August 01, 2002 9:54
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Train travel</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I am having difficulty making train reservations for our travel in
Spain and France. We intend to fly to Madrid, catch the train to Bayonne,
France and then the local train from Bayonne to SJPP. We will also be making
train trips in Spain on four other days during our stay over a period of
7 weeks.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>My problem is that the Renfe web site will not allow me to make
reservations outside of Spain, the French site works fine but insists that the
tickets be mailed to an address in Europe or Asia. It will not recognize the
USA or Canada. So, how does one get those tickets? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>A separate matter involves the use of Railpass privileges. Does this work
for my level of travel? I will actually be traveling on 6 different days but
only once on each of those days and all but the one day to Bayonne will be
short trips on local railroads. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Any experts on the rail system out there who can sort this out? If there
is a reasonably priced agent who can do it that would be great. I tried one of
the British Rail Pass sites. Their rates were over three times the rates
quoted by the French and Spanish sites.</DIV>
<DIV>Tony</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>