FaceTiming his walking daughter Sonia and her meditative dog Oreo on the French Riviera while he’s hiking in a similar field in Northern California.
Oreo leads a dog pose meditation for The Idiot, who’s walking in Northern California, and his daughter Sonia, who’s simultaneously walking her dog in the south of France, during a FaceTime video chat to discuss how everyone is coping with isolation during the pandemic. (Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)
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."