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Back from Spain (Catalunya) – Part Five – Barcelona

Our train from Tarragona to Barcelona was on a RENFE Regional train, meaning it was a one-class train with no assigned seating. The leg room was tight and there was no dedicated luggage racks in the cars other than the ones overhead. But the price was cheap – less than 8 Euros each for the roughly hour and a half… Read more »

Back from Spain (Catalunya) – Part Four – Tarragona

After a wonderful two days in Valencia, it was time to grab a train to our next stop, Tarragona. Our Talgo train pulled out of the old world Estacio del Nord, heading north along the coastline. My hubby grumbled that each successive train we were taking were getting more and more dilapidated but I told him he was just spoiled… Read more »

Back from Spain (Catalunya) – Part Two – Girona and Besalu

Girona Riverview

We waited in line for about 30 minutes for passport control before they turned us loose to start our vacation. After spending quite a bit of time on RENFE’s website before we embarked on this adventure, I realized that the footloose days of just jumping on a train were in my golden-tinged youth. Sadly, to get the best price on… Read more »