The Idiot, who frolicked and gallivanted in rainy New York at the end of April, ran into scantily clad swimmers on Park Avenue while attending an alumni weekend at the Columbia School of Journalism.
Nine larger-than-life swimmers created by sculptor Carole Feuerman decorate Park Avenue from 34th Street to 38th Street in Manhattan until 2024.
Nine larger-than-life swimmers created by sculptor Carole Feuerman decorate Park Avenue from 34th Street to 38th Street in Manhattan until 2024.
The Idiot admired a sculpture of a clothed poet in Central Park while walking to Park Avenue.
Nine larger-than-life swimmers created by sculptor Carole Feuerman decorate Park Avenue from 34th Street to 38th Street in Manhattan until 2024.
The Idiot was in New York to get up to speed on trends and tendencies in journalism at an alumni weekend at the Columbia School of Journalism, which he attended in 1970-71.
Nine larger-than-life swimmers created by sculptor Carole Feuerman decorate Park Avenue from 34th Street to 38th Street in Manhattan until 2024.
The Idiot admired flowers at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral while walking to Park Avenue.
Nine larger-than-life swimmers created by sculptor Carole Feuerman decorate Park Avenue from 34th Street to 38th Street in Manhattan until 2024.
The Idiot tried to pose in a swimming suit while walking to Park Avenue but was told by police to put his clothes back on.
Nine larger-than-life swimmers created by sculptor Carole Feuerman decorate Park Avenue from 34th Street to 38th Street in Manhattan until 2024.
Nine larger-than-life swimmers created by sculptor Carole Feuerman decorate Park Avenue from 34th Street to 38th Street in Manhattan until 2024.
What is LPQ in Central Park? Le Pain Quotidien.
Nine larger-than-life swimmers created by sculptor Carole Feuerman decorate Park Avenue from 34th Street to 38th Street in Manhattan until 2024.
The Idiot walked back to his New York basecamp through Central Park where there were no swimmers anywhere.
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."