Viewing a photo scrapbook that retired Associated Press correspondent Andrew Torchia and his wife Marian brought to lunch in Larnaca, Cyprus.
Mark Twain’s philosophy — “Explore. Dream. Discover” — inspired former journalist Andy Torchia and his wife Marian to buy a Chinese junk sailing vessel and move to Cyprus over two decades ago.
The Idiot, Liz Chapin and Michael Knipe shared mutual friend Marion Kaplan’s just-published book “So Old A Ship,” about her adventures on Arab dhows, with expat Americans Andy and Marian Torchia during lunch near MacKenzie Beach in Larnaca, Cyprus.
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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