BUYING TRAIN TICKETS IN FRANCE

In the past I have always bought a Eurail pass and thought I saved lots of money. That was definitely the case years ago. Thanks to some expert travellers on the Rick Steves Travel Forum, I now know that this is no longer the case. The way to buy tickets for French trains and save money is to go directly to the French Railway website and keep it in French. Fortunately, I know a little French and my daughter who lives nearby knows a lot of French. And an online French-English dictionary can help. So, I'm almost ready to purchase tickets for 3 train trips in July: Paris-Bordeaux on July 8; Bordeaux-Libourne on July 9; Libourne-Paris on July 12. I intend to rent a car in Libourne and drive to Beynac from there. We are staying in beautiful Beynac for 3 nights.