The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean

When inquisitive American journalist Joel Stratte-McClure decides to walk around the Mediterranean Sea, we're in for an exhilarating footloose adventure.

As a 30 year expatriate in France, the author explores the coast, countryside and regional cultures while musing about life, meditation, literature, art, the environment, Greek gods and goddesses, history, and, of course, the art of walking.

The second installment in his "Idiot and the Odyssey" series chronicles his 4,401-kilometer footloose journey from Rome through the Greek islands to Turkey. During the MedTrek, he completes twelve tasks assigned to him by the goddess Circe, travels to the depths of the Underworld and the top of Mount Olympus, and even sleeps with Helen of Troy.