Scores of intriguing Idiot-ic characters have cameo or critical roles in The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean.
These range from gods, goddesses and gurus to an Academy Award winner, academics, archeologists and Armenian tourists.
Running into serene Athena in Italy.
A former guru.
Academy Award winner Walter Lassally.
Archeologist Sandy MacGillivray.
Armenian tourists.
There are also a slew of minor roles that involve everyone from a salamander, a sorceress and a Turkish barber to a cook, some swimmers and many monks.
Sexy salamander on Mt. Olympus.
A cook on Easter in Crete.
Some swimmers…
…and many monks.
Many people I’ve known for a while, including my mother who is mentioned in the “Homeward Bound” chapter, also make it into The Idiot II.
Helen of Redding
Blogger Trudi Pratt.
In fact, read the book carefully and you might even find your name and/or photograph.
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."