Name: What Shoes to Take to Europe - 5 Rules for the Right Shoes
Uploaded: 2020-03-10T20:24:19.000Z
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Future simple

So, um, we'll go back up to our apartment and all kind of help you out with that question.

Gerund

So, basically of five rules for the shoes that I bring on a trip, the first rule is that there are no secret shoes and that if you're not used to walking a lot every day, your feet or get hurt, no matter what you're wearing, so prepare for your trip by walking walk alive.

We probably do between five and 10 miles a day, depending on where we are.

So get used to that, and that will help you a lot.

So my second rule comes from having lived in Europe and traveled extensively throughout Europe and bits of South Central America and in Asia.

The one way I always know Americans is that one were very loud people. 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:2.020  It's just who we are, and it's part of our culture. 00:01:2.800 --> 00:01:6.350  But the second thing that gives Americans away is our tennis shoes. 00:01:6.840 --> 00:01:10.530  Americans tend to wear running shoes everywhere we go.

And for the most part, the rest of the world doesn't wear running shoes they wore.

They wear more what I call urban street shoes, things like maybe Converse Vans, those kinds of things.

No, that's not terribly prevalent in America, but I'll get to that in Rule number five.

But anyway, the idea is running shoes make you noticeable as an American and therefore your target Rule number three.

Don't bring something that's cheap and that is gonna fall apart Or that is gonna rub your foot terribly.

I like good leather shoes. 00:01:57.310 --> 00:02:1.340  If I'm bringing cloth shoes, I make sure that it's sort of supple. 00:02:1.900 --> 00:02:8.000  It's all about having structure and also a little bit of resilience in the shoe. 00:02:8.010 --> 00:02:14.720  Because, you know, after you want five or 10 miles in a maybe 90 degree heat, your feet are gonna swell.

So you want something that's gonna kind of gotta move with your foot.

So that's sort of an important thing to think about.

Rule number four bring lightweight shoes.

One, you're walking all over God's green earth and your feet are gonna get tired.

And the heavier your shoes are, the sooner and that's gonna happen.

And that's kind of sucks, especially when you go.

You know the rest of Rome and you've only seen the Vatican and you want to go see 50 other things that day. 00:02:54.320 --> 00:03:1.450  Well, you need lightweight shoes, my size or burning, and I'm out of breath. 00:03:2.110 --> 00:03:3.550  But my feet feel good. 00:03:9.110 --> 00:03:14.670  That helps not only with everyday foot fatigue, but it also helps with packing.

The lighter your shoes are, the more stuff you can stuff in that suitcase.

I always wear my heaviest pair of shoes on board the plane if I'm bringing.

So like I said, I have little booties on this trip, and then I also have these these air, the shoes I packed.

I wore the boobies because they're bigger and they're heavier and they take up more room.

So that's something to consider when when you go, for instance, we went to Iceland.

I wore my hiking boots and I threw a pair of tennis shoes in my bag.

Rule number five, and I realized not everyone can do this, but I'm a shoes wherever I am. 00:03:58.730 --> 00:04:1.240  I rarely go on a trip and don't buy a pair of shoes. 00:04:1.240 --> 00:04:3.730  Maybe because I have a shoe finish, I don't know. 00:04:4.880 --> 00:04:10.490  But I like to find my shoes where I am, because I know that they like my clothes that I buy.

Where am are going to fit in and I'm going toe.

A lot of people are concerned about buying shoes and breaking them in.

And all those things you can probably buy Band Aids to protect your feet.

All this little squishy, gentle things for, you know, around your Keeley's or over your toe or whatever those things were available in any pharmacy around the world.

So don't be afraid of buying shoes wherever you are.

Um, you'll fit in, and also you have something great to take away if it's useful and that you can have for years down the road, so those are my five rules for what shoes to take on a trip.

Number one walk, Get prepared. 00:04:58.770 --> 00:05:5.080  Get your feet ready for a lot more walking than your maybe ordinarily used to number two. 00:05:5.110 --> 00:05:7.160  Don't bring American tennis shoes. 00:05:7.470 --> 00:05:11.310  Those runners, they stand out in a crab number.

Bring lightweight shoes so they don't tire out your feet and also usually light weight.

Take up a little less room in your bag, and that's always helpful.

We'll fit in and you have a great thing to take home with you.

So that's my advice for what shoes to take when you travel.

And no matter where your shoes take you, I hope that you enjoy the walk.