Fashion Shoes Blog

I went to Italy last year, had a great time by the way, but did my feet every hurt!

I know, uncomfortable shoes are the worst, but nevertheless I had them.

We were gone for 3 weeks, staying in 6 cities and hit just about every museum and church we could find (hubby is a museum and art fan).  There were days we walked as much as 12 miles, oh my aching feet!  

We traveled with 10 people and everyone but me walked in comfort.  
How dumb is that!

Here are the shoes I brought. 

These are comfortable shoes as shoes go, I even broke them in by wearing them on my 2 mile walk that I do every day, and they were great.  The thing that I didn’t realize is that a shoe itself can be comfortable but the bottom of your foot will begin to notice hard surfaces after about 2 miles of walking if you have the wrong shoe, which is exactly what happened to me.

As I approached 3 miles of walking each day my foot began to hurt on the heel and the ball. 

In Europe all streets, museums, churches, everything has concrete, stone or marble surfaces and they get HARD!  It’s not like here where you can find the occasional wood surface which is easier on your feet.

So, let me impress upon you, don’t make the mistake I made. Get a comfortable shoe that has a sole that won’t let your foot feel the hardness of the ground surfaces. The sole should be thick, pliable and cushiony.   Keep in mind that even my Dr. Scholl’s insoles didn’t help, that’s how bad these shoes were on my feet.

So this never happens again, I checked with the members of the group we traveled with and here are a few of the shoes they brought on the trip.  I know for a fact these folks were comfortable, so take note.

 All these shoes can be found at Zappos Shoes:

 
Rockport Pro Walkers

Ecco Soft V - Eccos are recommended by Rick Steves

Mephisto Rush - Pricey but one of the BEST!


 Merrell Moab Ventilator

None of these shoes will be making a fashion statement, but I’ve learned that fashion isn’t what you want to go for if you want to be comfortable. 

Stick with comfort and you’ll enjoy your trip a WHOLE lot more, believe me …been there done that.

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Do these look comfortable to you?  You’re probably thinking, hey …they’re not really that bad. 

Well, I gotta tell you, these stilletto lace up pumps at Amazon aren’t really my idea of good looking, not to mention they don’t look very comfortable.  Also I’m not so sure about those laces, do you think they’ll actually stay up?  And you don’t even want to think about tying them too tight or they’ll make your legs look fat.  

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At Zappos shoes, you’re not simply looking at a shoes warehouse, you’re looking at 1,026 shoe brands,162,632 styles, 911,718 UPCs.  That’s 3,121,929 products in all; and they are all available for immediate free shipment.

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I’ve bought dozens of shoes at Zappos for my whole family.  One Thanksgiving my husand never got around to buying a pair of tennis shoes he needed for a trip we were taking to Dallas, of course he wanted to run out the night before leaving on our trip to hunt around for his New Balance 602’s which he really didn’t have time for, so instead I got on Zappos, found the shoes and had them mailed to where we were staying in Dallas.   The next day when we got to Dallas , there they were! 

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