• CHARLES NELSON
  • CHARLES NELSON

knocking on Europe’s door

A 355-day adventure by CHARLES Read more
  • Trip start
    November 22, 2016

    Galaxidi

    November 23, 2016 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
  • Nafpaktos

    November 30, 2016 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    Winter has set in. We see snow on Mt Parnassos, and it's negative 2 deg. C just a few miles away inland. We are hugging the shore, where it stays much warmer. The bridge to the Peloponnese is nearby, and we'll visit the bridge's museum tomorrow. The first person to cross it was the Olympic torch runner before the 2004 Athens games. Should be fun.Read more

  • Rio Antirrio Bridge

    December 1, 2016 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
  • ... in Elliniko

    December 7, 2016 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    We've got a four room party house, next to the Metro 's last station. Wow, ths Athens tube excells for newness, quietness, lack of graffitti, employees on duty, seems safe, fast ride to the Acropolis. No broken escalators!
    The germans must have built it.
    There's a new museum called the Acropolis Museum . It has a life size replica of the top of the Parthenon, and they've taken all of the remaining friezes off the building and assembled them indoors, at a level where you can actually appreciate the art.
    For 2500 years people have damaged their necks trying to see the sculpture, way up there 80 ft high. Rubber necking , too, was invented here
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  • Tolo

    December 13, 2016 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
  • Ancient Messeni

    December 18, 2016 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 3 °C
  • island prelude

    December 28, 2016 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

    Niece and octopus , in the Three Kings Parade. Its a real person , sex unknown, with a functioning microphone. He is singing, quite well , in harmony with the pearl oyster.

  • Ahh the heat of the tropics

    January 12, 2017 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
  • Phuket

    January 25, 2017 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    The north end of the island is OK. the taxis too expensive, but we have legs and feet . Giant chess on the beach

  • Bali

    March 14, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Kathy reached a snorkeling milestone during the last two weeks. She was able to learn breathing while using a snorkel, and avoid using the nose . It took the coaching of at least four people , as she had been in a habit for 20 years, of allowing water to go up hernose like it was a bird of paradise. Thanks Keith , you were one of those helping to break old habits. Today we took Kathy's snorkel apart , found that it had rough spots from the factory , smoothed off the jagged plastic , reassembled , and water tested . The silicon now seals perfectly . No more water leaking in.Read more

  • Drenched and dirty but im still

    April 1, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Had a very quiet day. We miss Keith and Connie , who left for Spain today. For dinner, we went to near the Melting Wok ...to a place called Sambal Matah, which sounds very spicy, but isn't thanks to the kitchen staff being cooperative. Wondeeful falafel inside a burrito tortilla. They even call it a burrito, but inside is herbs, zesty tsatziki, and pico de gallo. It caame together well. Kathy had duck meat . Mmmm. We love that street. Whatever its called.
    Got drenched driving home. Sudden heavy rain has come in the pm the last couple of days.
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  • Slovenian sidling

    May 28, 2017 in Slovenia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Kathy, glued to the side of a steep trail on may 28

  • Pestage

    June 3, 2017 in Hungary ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
  • it's Kracked Up To Be. Krakow

    June 22, 2017 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C