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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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></BODY></HTML>