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This is another airport-friendly shoe! Brooks men's traveling walking shoes. If comfort is your number one priority, and this is all about enjoying walking on your vacation, go the route of the sneaker. You can hardly get more comfort than that. What's great about this walking sneaker is that it comes in dress-shoe colors like black and brown, and can almost sneak under a pair of slacks for dinner. These will also ensure your feet and legs feel great, even after a day of heavy city walking. Although not a strictly "london"topic, I am always on the search for the most comfortable and stylish walking shoe. Stylish can be defined as a bit funky and clunky so the two descriptions can go together. BTW: I do not want to walk around with a neon pointer going down to my head that screams "American" so I do not want sneakers. I keep them for the gym or excercise. AND while I am pushing it, is there a British brand of walking shoe I should investigate? Do note that although I am a budget traveler, I am prepared to spend what I need to spend for a pair of shoes that can work all day, every day.

My wife's favourite shoe for comfort is Betsy in this range by Josef Siebel You won't feel at all out of place in London wearing 'trainers'- it certainly won't mark you out as an American. Most British people don't feel the need to wear specialised shoes to walk on flat pavements in a city. Specialised walking shoes are a sign of a tourist who normally never leaves their car. Just wear whatever you want which is worn in and comfortable (though that will probably exclude fashionable). I have to admit that I spent hundreds of dollars on several pairs of shoes trying to find the most comfortable ones when we first started traveling to Europe. IMO, here's the rub...it's your feet that matter as much or more than the shoe. After moving here (Sweden) with all of my expensive walking shoes, tennis shoes, hiking shoes, etc. I discovered that until my feet got used to the amount of walking I was doing, all shoes hurt. Or rather my feet and legs hurt every day no matter what shoes I wore.

Now I can walk anywhere I need to and don't give my shoes a second thought. That said, London gets me every time. I apparently can't walk enough to prepare myself for my too short trips there. I seem to get a little better each time as I add new strategies. Wear what is most comfortable to you. You'll see everything shoe makers have to offer. No one will even notice what you're wearing. Don't wear the same shoes every day if you can help it. Put your feet up when you're "at home", way up, above your heart. There's a yoga thing where you lay on your back with your legs straight up the wall that help me a great deal Use an over the counter foot pain relief rub at bedtime and in the morning. Same with an otc pain reliever. Hope you do well. You'll have a great time in any case. One destination mentioned in this post I wear walking shoes when I go on holiday! I'm a late 20s female. It's because on an normal day in London I walk perhaps a mile to the train station and back to get to work.

On a 'good' walking day I might rack-up 3-4 miles but that will be one Saturday and then I'll just go back to my desk job during the week and sit on my behind all day. When you are planning to walk 3-4 miles (or more) per day every day for several days then good shoes are a must. As someone who is also not a fan of the 'white and neon sports trainers' look (except when I'm running), I understand where you are coming from. I have a pair of Merrell walking shoes which I am currently breaking-in before I head to Japan later in the year. They are dark grey and teal green and waterproof (massive bonus in the UK, as most sports trainers are not). Alas they not as comfortable as they were when I tried them in the shop so the breaking-in period is taking a long time! Having said that, my mum has a pair that she has had for years and she loves them. Yours is a very common question and truly, comfort is key. At the end of the day you are a tourist and it's better to be one with a smile and (relatively) happy feet versus a frowning face and matching frowning feet.

Having said that, brands and shops that generally get mentioned include Geox, Naots, Clarks, Aerosoles, Ecco, Toms, Merrell, Keen, Skechers. Whatever shoes you buy, I find changing shoes every day (or adding/removing a gel insert) helps my feet cope Wear what you know to be comfortable and to work for you in similar situations at home. If that's sneakers so be it, better to be recognised as an American but comfortable than recognised as an American who is barely able to.walk - because the reality is it is usually pretty easy to recognise tourists way before looking at their shoes! Seriously I'd focus on comfort, not on what others might think. If you want smart sneakers Paul Green do some great ones in leather, not cheap but great quality and long lasting. A generalisation is that shoes for sale here will be for a wider foot than those in the US - I think our normal fit is a D while the US is nearer a B and these days there aren't many choices other than wide or extra wide.

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