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The winner of the “Name the Title” contest and a free trip to Turkey in August is:
The Idiot and the Odyssey II
Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean
submitted by Gloria De Luca, VP Communications at Academic Arrangements Abroad, a New York-based tour operator for non-profit organizations.
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An avid follower of the Follow The Idiot blog approached me at The Stanford Bookstore, where I was gleefully pimping and selling copies of “The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean” during last Sunday’s rainy afternoon, and asked for a list of books I’d consulted or read while researching and Read more
It’s hard to beat walking on the Mediterranean seaside but a serendipitous sidetrek in the Peloponnese to alluring spots like Sparta and Epidauros can be equally exhilarating. And although the Idiot usually has a serious mission when he veers off the unbeaten coastal path, it’s invariably altered when he reaches Read more
Every Greek school kid is well enough versed in the classics to know that Paris, the besotted Trojan prince, first slept with Helen, the unfaithful Queen of Sparta, on the island of Kranai before whisking her home to Troy 3,205 years ago.
Their fateful frolic and reckless spree led, of course, to Read more
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