Renfe

... granddaughter, Catania, would say. As we near the end of the trip, we head to Madrid via one of their fast trains, Renfe.  It is a lovely morning as we whiz by agricultural fields, farm houses, small towns, olive trees and ...

... , could be considered a weapon -- a thing not necessarily welcome aboard trains, plains, and other public transport. Apparently, Renfe (the Spanish railroad company) is either used to visitors to Toledo bringing back swords, or frankly doesn't care that ...

... the trains ran. It was last night after the Internet cafe closed that all the missing pieces of how the ridiculous Renfe (Spanish public train company) website and booking system worked. The reason I could never find the oddball trains in the booking ...

... and loved spending the time with Breda and her friends but now it's time to head off to Madrid for the weekend. I'm taking the Renfe (fast train) from Camp Tarragona to Madrid and will be there on time for lunch. The Renfe trains are new and comfortable, ...

... station, 3 line transfers using the Metro alone. She suggested taking the Metro to a local stop where we could catch a Cercanias (a Renfe local train, different from both the Metro and the high-speed long distance) train that would take us to our station. ...

... line for 2-3 hours to seak with someone.  Unfortunately, we didn't make this discovery until Friday afternoon while speaking to a Renfe agent over the phone.  The agent then informed us that the Renfe employees "strike" on Friday's so we would ...

... three very young daughters. They have to be the cutest trio ever and were really well behaved. It seems that whoever designs Renfe trains has a penchant for brown, the seats were muddy brown, the walls beige brown and the floor chocolate brown bubble ...

... the museum of the Indies, however the museum was all in Spanish so we didn't get much out of it. That night we caught the Renfe train (thankfully for the last time ever!) and started our 25hr train ride to Nice. We arrived in Nice at 11pm the next night ...

... there were over 1.2 million people along the parade route. I would like to talk about the Spanish railway system, called Renfe, for a little while. I wish I could adequately explain how inefficient and ridiculous Renfe is. We sat in the Barcelona train ...

... -low-drag). Imagine the slow rocking of the train rocking you to sleep while you race towards your destination, waking up refreshed (as Renfe advertised/promised on their lives). Well, keep imagining. We didn't sleep a wink, but it was still a blast. We ...

... , you wouldn't be disappointed to see the beautiful silhouettes of the Aqueduct in the Romantic evening. Three-hour fast train, Renfe would take you to Barcelona from Madrid. Needless to say, Barcelona's famous attraction was Gaudi's ...

... noastre. A trebuit sa urmaresc instructiuni gasite pe tripadvisor: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187514-c80518/Madrid:Spain:Buying.Renfe.Tickets.Online..html . Believe it or not sunt instructiuni sa poti naviga pe acel site, azi maine se scot ...

... train from Madrid. The train was really comfortable so my 3-hour journey didn't seem too long as for this distance and the speed of Renfe with 300 kph. Big railway station, many different ways to go... And one more reason for me to be happy that I have ...

... take my Euro Bill.  I tried again but chose Spanish language and it took the Euro Bill.  The common view with everyone that RENFE sucks. Got on the train and got off at what I thought was my stop.  Change my mind and got back on the ...

DJ had stayed up quite late doing some typing of the diary. So he slept in a bit, while I went to the Renfe (which for some reason Catherine pronounces as "Ren-frey", as in rhymes with "Godfrey") office on Zaragoza street to buy our train tickets to ...

... compared to the hotel. The decision was brought about as a result of discrepancies between the DB (illustrious German train website) and Renfe (less well recognised Spanish website) so we thought we had best go check at the station. Penny was now full of ...

... Spain.  A braver and younger John would have been swimming despite the plummeting temperatures (with the sun fading). Back on the RENFE to Barcelona and we were on our 4 block walk from Eixample District to the hotel.  We decided to explore ...