Like almost everyone else getting advice from the Oracle at Delphi on Sunday, I couldn’t resist marveling at the renowned bronze statue of the Charioteer of Delphi in the museum adjacent to the stunning mountainside archeological site.

The proud and erect Charioteer of Delphi.

But I think that I was the only visitor that day who came to the realization that I have something very much in common with this life-size relic dating from 478 BC and used as a votive offering in the 474 BC Olympic Games.

What is it? The noble appearance? The victor’s headband? The coloured eyes? The calm disposition?

Nope. Feet.

My feet, after walking more than 7,000 kilometers around the Mediterranean Sea, look exactly like the Charioteer’s. They’re so much like his, in fact, that I’m not even going to post a picture of mine because the resemblance is so eerie. His tell the whole story and may make you think twice before deciding to Follow the Idiot on the Peloponnese.

The Charioteer’s Feet

And after walking 33-kilometers on my first day of MedTrekking in the Peloponnese my feet and I wound up @

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NB: This wasn’t my idea but a reader requested that I post a photo of my own feet to illustrate the resemblance with the Charioteer’s.

See what the Charioteer and I have in common?

Text and Photos: Joel Stratte-McClure

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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."