I'll start with the journey that changed my approach to choosing shoes on travel.

Until recently, or rather until November 2011, I did not even think about this issue. I rode in the same outfit I wore on the streets of Moscow. Went - it is loudly said. I just moved from the metro to the point I needed. Usually this route did not take more than 15-20 minutes. During this time, the comfort of the shoe is difficult to assess.

In November 2011, I, my husband and a friend broke away from the work routine for a short time and arranged a "weekend" tour for ourselves - we went to Vienna for five days.

Vienna in mid-November was still autumnal, but with tangible winter notes. It even snowed on the last day of our stay.

Knowing that it is quite cool in Vienna, I went in fur-insulated boots with high heels reinforced with iron heels.

I didn't look bad at all in them and was especially appropriate at the Vienna Opera, because there was no opportunity to grab shoes.

Needless to say that many hours of walks, including through the Vienna woods (!), I, walking on these heels, made through force, literally on "moral and strong-willed". I prayed for every cafe where we are sat.

After long walks in the Austrian capital, my feet and calves ached and burned as if they had been doused with some kind of corrosive acid for a long time and methodically.

I had to borrow sneakers with thin soles from a friend (for a minute, it was November), but I didn't walk in them, but flew - in contrast to the heels that tormented me, the sneakers were the height of comfort and convenience.

Since there was a need for comfortable shoes, in Vienna I bought boots made of soft nubuck and flat soles. Then they served me not only in Moscow, but also on other travels.

Unfortunately, the boots were impractical white in relation to our roads, which, due to reagents, turn into a dirty mess during the off-season. And now the boots are gray :(


From my trip to Vienna, I got the main idea for myself. Sneakers are a great idea to save your feet from the hardships of long walks. And I took it into service on the following trips.

I came to the conclusion that sneakers are absolutely universal and appropriate almost at any time of the year, except for a frank winter. So, in February I went to Tallinn and Riga in ordinary winter leather boots. In February, chilly weather sets in in the Baltic countries - it seems that winter still has a full right, and at the same time, the roads are lax in the spring.

For a couple of days in Riga and Tallinn, my boots got soaked through. I think if someday I go to the Baltic states again this time of year, I'd better put on rubber boots with insulation.


In the off-season, based on the Vienna experience, I prefer to wear practical and comfortable fuchsia sneakers. so that my husband can always find me in the crowd on flickering heels :)

And here they are in rainy but hospitable Jerusalem ... By the way, mid-January.

The same sneakers in spring New Orleans

Another type of sneaker, only with a thinner sole. They get wet through, if the rain happens to let it go at full strength.


An example of flat-soled shoes is soft leather ankle boots, which pair well with jeans and tight-fitting pants.

They were comfortable in sunny Arizona ...

And in autumnal cool New York

And even in Chicago, where winter fell on the heels of hapless tourists like us.

For my birthday, which I’m celebrating in November, as well as for a possible fashion show in the coolest casino in Las Vegas, I brought high-heeled shoes with me.

The summer version of the flat sole is ballet flats. The main thing is that they do not put pressure on the bones of the fingers. The ballerinas, which I wore all summer without taking off, were very comfortable. One "but": for 2 weeks in Europe, their sole was worn out to the holes.


I even had to buy sandals so that the skin on my feet would not wear off.

The straps of the sandals began to gradually chafe the skin on my feet. Sadistic sandals, as I mentally called them) For all their brutality, they also could not withstand the pressure of the harsh European roads ...

Sometimes in the summer you need to go out - have dinner overlooking the Colosseum or take a walk to the Eiffel Tower. For these cases, they have very successfully come up with a platform clog with a comfortable instep for the foot.

Previously, when my travel experience was minor, I limited myself to summer travel ... flip flops. True, a very cultured look, but this does not make them less vulgar on the streets of cities. If you have to walk a lot, then never wear open-toed shoes, otherwise the soles of your feet will be black from dirt and dust that have eaten in during the journey.

It was with this phenomenon that I encountered on my honeymoon trip to Spain and Portugal. I decided not to shock you with the corresponding photo, and to confine myself to more acceptable pictures.