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Joel | Follow the Idiot - Part 458

The Idiot Presents Cretan Easter Pageant Awards

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Joel in Follow The Idiot, Idiotic Musings, Mediterranean Pix, MedTrekking, Where is the idiot | 7 Comments

The Idiot was asked by local officials to photograph and judge this weekend’s 60-kilometer long Easter parade between Skepasti and Georgioupolis in northwestern Crete. Municipal authorities insisted “your unbiased eye and independent voice are required to maintain the credibility of our highly regarded Easter pageant.” Here are the winners and losers in

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Knocked Out At Knossos

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Joel in Follow The Idiot, Idiotic Musings, Mediterranean Pix, Where is the idiot | 6 Comments

Even The Idiot learns something new each time he visits Knossos, which Homer called “the chief city of King Minos, whom great Zeus took into his confidence every nine years.” Today, after calmly strolling up the weathered cobblestones of the Royal Road, I picked up all sorts of delicious tidbits while I

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Kalimera Kriti, Bye Bye Bali

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Joel in Follow The Idiot, Mediterranean Pix, MedTrekking, Where is the idiot | 6 Comments

Why did I decide to kick off my MedTrek around Crete by heading counterclockwise through the birthplace of El Greco towards a seaside village romantically called Bali rather than go the other way? Not only because I like the other Bali and the works of El Greco. But because I’ll also continue

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Reconnecting With The Greeks In Athens

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Joel in Follow The Idiot, Mediterranean Pix, Where is the idiot | 3 Comments

I’m spending twenty-four hours in Athens before I ferry to Heraklion and begin my month-long MedTrek around Crete, Greece’s largest island. Naturally it’s always a pleasure, especially after viewing Greek antiquities in the well-presented and well-preserved but synthetic environment of the British Museum, to see Greece in Greece. Despite a rainy dawn,

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Reconnecting With Greece At The British Museum

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Joel in England, Follow The Idiot, Idiotic Musings, Mediterranean Pix, MedTrekking, Where is the idiot | 3 Comments

The best way to get into Greek MedTrekking mode is to pay a quick visit to the still-free British Museum in London just before flying to Athens. A meander amid the Elgin Marbles and the vast array of treasures in the numerous rooms dedicated to ancient and classical Greece has definitely gotten

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Walk/Talk With The Idiot On The French Riviera

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Joel in Follow The Idiot, France, MedTrekking, Where is the idiot | 2 Comments

Want to leisurely visit some of the most romantic spots on the Mediterranean Sea with The Idiot from June 5-12? Join me (Joel Stratte-McClure, author of “The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean,” an experienced hiker and a knowledgeable guide) on a unique walking vacation from the Italian border to Cannes,

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