Spent 4 days in Paris and 17 in Spain (San Sebastian, Madrid, Toledo, Granada, Ronda, Tarifa, Sevilla and Barcelona.
Trip was fantastic - used Rick Steves' Spain 2018 for planning and the hotel choices were great.
Wanted to update on a few things we encountered:
1.Paris is pass is great - but at the Musee D'Orsay - the non ticket line moved MUCH faster than the ticket line - not sure why - but they were allowing groups to go to the front of the line of people with tickets. Once the non-ticket people got their tickets - they went right in - did not have to come over to the ticket line.
2. Versailles - the line to get tickets was very short - the line with tickets - 45 minutes to 1 hour - +25 Celsius - and inside was jammed.
3. Bus terminal in Algeciras is right across the street from the train station - not 3 blocks away.
4. When on the ferry to Tangier - get your Moroccan stamp right away - the line up was still there when we were docking and we spent at least 30 minutes in line.
5. Lastly - La Sagrada Familia - Rick's book seems to indicate that you can wait in line and get tickets - 45 minutes or so - they must have recently changed things b/c we were told at the church that you had to have an assigned time and must book on line - since we were there for 3 days we thought we would be ok - nope - the site was sold out for the next four days - we went on line to the secondary sellers - they were all sold out as well - lesson - book on line well in advance - same for the Alhambra - book at least 3 months in advance!
Overall - loved Spain - no real problems and even with the heavy rains the week before we got there - the buses and trains were all running. Can't wait to go back!
GP