Follow The Idiot One Man's Adventurous Walk Around The Mediterranean Sea

Menelaion – Sanctuary of Menelaus and Helen near Sparta.

The Idiot Sleeps With Helen Of Troy

Every Greek school kid is well enough versed in the classics to know that Paris, the besotted Trojan prince, first slept with Helen, the unfaithful...

Going To The Chapel

Greek Orthodox churches, chapels and shrines are still a drachma a dozen in the Peloponnese. It’s not uncommon, in fact, for The Idiot to spot two...

A Bridge Too Dear?

I was thoroughly enamored a year ago when I cruised under the world’s longest multi-span cable-stayed bridge that links the Peloponnese with...

Blithely Reaching the Rock of Cefalu

It took me seven days to walk 226-kilometers from Messina to Greek-created Cefalu and its dominating fortified Rock that includes a well-known Temple...

MedTrek Fashion Walk On The Sicilian Seaside

Italians are still fanatic about wearing branded clothes (and don’t even get me started about their attitude towards shoes). In fact, one guy I...

Sexy Spot For A Sixty-Second Snooze On A Sunny Sunday In Sicily

I made myself a cheese, tomato and fresh tuna sandwich on the rocks below this being-restored medieval tower (the 16th century Torre delle Ciatole on...

Narrow (Es)Cape In Sicily

Sometimes my steps have to be retraced on the MedTrek. I encounter a daunting seaside escarpment/cliff at Cape Marinello and decide to go around...

Forget The MedTrek, Relish The MedMiracle

Check out my GPS SPOT location at the end of my 34 kilometre walking adventure, first day out on the MedTrek around Sicily. My soft adventure...

Kicking Off My MedTrek Around Sicily

Joel Stratte-McClure, aka the Idiot, resumes his trek around the Mediterranean Sea in Sicily where he follows the route that the Romans took in 263...

Living On The Edge From Cliff to Cliff

Living on the Edge: The Idiot traverses one of many cliffs on the Mediterranean seaside. This one is near Scilla, Italy, which is believed to be the...