What Does The Idiot See When He Takes Urban Walks In Paris, France?

The Idiot took numerous urban walks throughout Paris when he was in the French capital to promote a book he produced called The Paris Metro 40th Anniversary Issue: The Book About Paris Yesterday and attend reunion events for The Paris Metro magazine published from 1976-1979.

Here is a sampling of serendipitous sights and sites he encountered during strolls in the City of Light and Love.

A statue of a Greek actor in Luxembourg Gardens with the Pantheon in the background.

A statue of a Greek actor in Luxembourg Gardens with the Pantheon in the background.

A stroll along the Seine river on l'Ile Saint Louis. (Photo: Liz Chapin)

A stroll along the Seine river on l’Ile Saint Louis.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)

Boaters on the Seine at dawn.

Boaters on the Seine at dawn.

Photographing statues in Luxembourg Gardens with the French Senate in the background.

Photographing statues in Luxembourg Gardens with the French Senate in the background.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)

Wondering where the person is that left these shoes on the Pont de la Concorde over the Seine.

Wondering where the person is who left these shoes on the Pont de la Concorde over the Seine.

Singing in the sun. (Photo: Liz Chapin)

Singing in the sun.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)

Checking out a window display promoting The Paris Metro 40th Anniversay Issue with former Metro colleagues Stanley Hertzberg and Tom Moore. (Photo: Liz Chapin)

Checking out a window display at the WH Smith bookstore on rue de Rivoli promoting The Paris Metro 40th Anniversay Issue: The Book About Paris Yesterday with former Metro colleagues Stanley Hertzberg and Tom Moore.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)

Shopping for a picnic with his pal Christina de Liagre. (Photo: Liz Chapin)

Shopping for a serious picnic with his pal and Metro colleague Christina de Liagre.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)

Visiting the former offices of The Paris Metro with his Columbia Journalism School classmate and Metro colleague Harry Stein.

Visiting the former offices of The Paris Metro with his Columbia Journalism School classmate and Metro colleague Harry Stein.

Discussing The Paris Metro 40th Anniversary Issue: The Book About Paris Yesterday with co-editor Patsi Benter Krakoff.

Discussing The Paris Metro 40th Anniversary Issue: The Book About Paris Yesterday with co-editor Patsi Benter Krakoff.

Strolling on l'Ile Saint Louis, where he lived from 1976-82, with John Keeney, the publisher of The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean.

Strolling on l’Ile Saint Louis, where he lived from 1976-82, with John Keeney, the publisher of The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean.

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Posted on September 27, 2016 by Joel in Featured, Follow The Idiot, France, Idiotic Musings, PR, Style, Travel

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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