Why Has The Idiot Had Another Reason To Commemorate Valentine’s Day Since 2013?

The Idiot has had a special feeling about Valentine’s Day since 2013 when the romantic event was commemorated with the publication of The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Magic and Madness on the Mediterranean, the simultaneous release of the book’s award-winning promotional trailer and the kickoff of an uproarious collection of reactions from critical and less critical readers.

Although he has since completed his 20-year-walk around the Mediterranean Sea and published the third volume in The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives, The Idiot reread the entire series during the pandemic and was impressed by the confluence of technology and travel in  The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Magic and Madness on the Mediterranean.

Here are just a few of the places that he walked in Italy, Malta, Greece and Turkey that you can now visit by reading The Idiot and the Odyssey II  and not taking a single step.

MedTrekking south of Rome, where he ended the first book in The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives, in the shadow of Mount Circeo near Sabaudia, Italy. (Photo: Luke Stratte-McClure)

Posing in front of Poseidon (aka Neputne in Latin) on arrival in Naples, Italy. (Photo: Luke Stratte-McClure)

Meeting his mentor goddess Athena in Paestum, Italy.

Observing floating pigeons in Palermo, Italy.

Reaching the top of Vulcano in Sicily.

Getting another new pair of shoes in Sicily.

Taking a sulphuric mud bath on the Aeolian Islands in Italy.

Climbing to the top of Italy’s Stromboli volcano at sunset.

Hiking to the Azure Window natural arch on the island of Gozo off Malta. It collapsed during a storm in March 2017.

Having a civilized breakfast on the Mani Peninsula in Greece.

Climbing to the top of Mount Olympus in Greece.

Meeting monks at the male-only holy site of Mount Athos in Greece.

Hiking from monastery to monastery on Mount Athos in Greece.

Dining on the Mediterranean Sea in Chania on Crete.

Playing Don Quixote on the Greek island of Chios, the birthplace of Homer.

Catching a sunrise on the Greek island of Chios.

Preparing to swim across the Hellespont in Turkey.

Enjoying a shave in Izmir, Turkey, after completing the walking required for The Idiot and the Odyssey II.

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Posted on February 8, 2021 by Joel in Featured, Follow The Idiot, Greece, Idiotic Musings, Italy, Malta, Mediterranean Pix, MedTrekking, PR, Style, Travel, Turkey, Weather

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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