We all know the ingredients and benefits of the much-touted Mediterranean diet that emphasizes plant-based foods, olive oil, herbs and grilled fish.
Here, in just a few photos, is what it looks like as I MedTrek around the Mediterranean this month.
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Photos: Joel Stratte-McClure
Buffet breakfast in Turkey.
A dozen olives a day keep….
Grilled calamari on Patmos.
My usual breakfast in Turkey.
A bougatsa crema is my fave Greek breakfast.
Grilled lamb on Crete.
Fish dinner on Patmos.
I go for a sole and sardines.
Light lunch on the path.
Dinner after climbing Mount Olympos.
Dessert on Patmos.
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."