Joel Stratte-McClure, an American journalist/adventurer who lived in France for over three decades, has been writing about his global trekking and hiking adventures since the 1970s. His work has taken him to over 110 countries and his articles on a variety of subjects have appeared in The International Herald Tribune, Time Magazine, The Times of London, People Magazine and numerous other publications. He is currently based in Northern California but regularly travels to the Mediterranean to gather anecdotes and add kilometers for his third book in this series: "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: A...