Reflecting on the 32 years he lived in France during a five-hour train ride from Paris to Biarritz.
The Idiot, after reading books about the French written by Harriet Welty Rochefort, reflectively thought about the good, bad and ugly encounters and times he had during more than three decades in France.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
The Idiot wrote an anecdote about his time in France after reading French Toast and Joie de Vivre by Harriet Welty Rochefort, one of the thirty-five writers who contributed to the Idiot-produced The Paris Metro 40th Anniversary: The Book About Paris Yesterday.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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