Category: Spain


Madrid – Barcelona – Cerbere – Narbonne – Marseille – Nice

July 7, 2009 · Posted in Eurail, France, Spain, train travel
Train Tip: Many travelers ask about the seat reservation systems. Here’s a tip on one of the most popular summer routes, around the Mediterranean, and how to avoid waiting in line to pay for a seat reservation. Read more

In Madrid

July 5, 2009 · Posted in Spain, sightseeing
If visiting Madrid this year, you’ll see the numerous posters touting Madrid as one of the finalist cities for the 2016 Summer Olympics. (Along with Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, and Tokyo.) Read more

Berlin – Zurich – Geneva – Montpellier – Barcelona – Madrid

July 1, 2009 · Posted in France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, train travel
The heat and height of summer travelers have begun. I meet a number of South Americans, traveling by rail in Europe as the season turns to winter in the Southern Hemisphere. I meet two Canadian women backpacking for the summer. It’s refreshing to speak some uninterrupted English. Read more

Sitges to Barcelona

February 25, 2009 · Posted in Eurail, Spain
Train Tip: Beware taking the train out of Sitges in the morning hours after ‘Fat Tuesday’. Many of the revelers are from Barcelona, and party through the night as true Spaniards do. As the parade finishes after 1 am, the small train station is already clogged, and will only grow more so. A [...] Read more

In Sitges, Spain

February 25, 2009 · Posted in Carnival, Eurail, Spain
This is the only carnival in Spain that dictator Franco did not completely stop during his reign. Or, was not able to stop. The Sitges carnival is such pageantry that it has become increasingly popular with locals and tourists over the past century. Read more

Barcelona Sants to Sitges

February 24, 2009 · Posted in Eurail, Spain
Train Tip: The sea-side town of Sitges is easily accessible from Barcelona, thirty minutes by fast train, a bit longer by regional trains. It’s only a few Euros for a ticket to Sitges from Barcelona, and it is better to buy this ticket than to use a day on your Eurail Pass for such a short [...] Read more

Madrid to Lisbon

October 24, 2008 · Posted in Eurail, Portugal, Spain
There is only one daily train between Madrid and Lisbon, which is a night train. In my overnight cabin are two couples from Colombia, who kindly share their picnic dinner. Read more

Barcelona to Geneva

March 20, 2008 · Posted in Eurail, Spain, Switzerland, train travel
Traveling back from Spain to Switzerland on a night train. Read more

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