Taking his last 6 a.m. stroll through Paris before bidding adieu to the City of Light (La Ville Lumière).
The Idiot learned why Paris is called the City of Light (La Ville Lumière) when he helped write a guidebook to the place for Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) in 1972.
It’s not because the city had 56,000 gas lamps in the 1860s, or because there are now 20,000 lightbulbs on the Eiffel Tower, or because of the 300-plus illuminated sites, sights and monuments.
It’s because of the city’s leading role during the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century.
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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