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Anyone been to Italy?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on October 12, 2011, 09:51:32 pm ---Thanks.
I'm going to sound Ludditish, but I don't have wireless at home, so what does that mean if I buy something that has wireless potential? The Kindle 3G had access all over Italy, so I expect the Kindle Fire will as well.
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Someone else should answer, but I think that's where the 3G comes in -- it can download without wireless. Looking at the Kindle Fire page, I'm not sure it has it. But again, Leslie or someone techier than I should answer.
Kelda:
I was going to suggest Leslie too. You shoul send her a wee PM.
Great news about you going ahead with the trip! It's been a while I myself was in Italy, but if I can offer any tips, give me a shout. I did some back packing there in 2002, and been to Venice, Bologna, Florence and Rome as well as Ancona (but that was just to get a ferry to Croatia!)
delalluvia:
I never worried about shoes before while traveling because I was just in one city. I wore everyday shoes with insoles and I was perfectly fine. This time, i decided maybe since I'm traversing an entire country, I need to get some serious walking shoes.
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Why do they all look so ugly? Nothing screams "tourist!" like hideous walking shoes and athletic sandals and hiker-like boots. Do normal shoes that are also sturdy and comfortable and stylish not exist?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on October 13, 2011, 11:11:58 pm ---I never worried about shoes before while traveling because I was just in one city. I wore everyday shoes with insoles and I was perfectly fine. This time, i decided maybe since I'm traversing an entire country, I need to get some serious walking shoes.
>:(
Why do they all look so ugly? Nothing screams "tourist!" like hideous walking shoes and athletic sandals and hiker-like boots. Do normal shoes that are also sturdy and comfortable and stylish not exist?
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I'm not sure what your standard for "stylish" is, but in my book Privos, Clarks and Merrells are comfortable and reasonably stylish. I still wear the Privos that I bought for my last trip to Italy four years ago. To this day, I would wear them for a walk of any length, but I also occasionally wear them to work with regular office attire. Look for a sole that's shaped like an athletic shoe with a top that looks relatively attractive.
Buy them far enough in advance that you can wear them for awhile and see how they feel. If they are tight or pinching in some parts, take them to a shoe repair shop and get them to stretch them. Then wear them for a while, and they still don't feel good, don't bring them.
And a shoe saleswoman on my last trip gave me great advice: also bring a pair of lightweight flexible black ballet flats you can use as "hotel slippers," to wear in the room or if you want to slip out for some little thing or even as an alternate shoe to wear out to dinner when your feet are tired after a long day of walking.
Marge_Innavera:
Ballet flats and what I used to call "Nixon shoes" (those little Mary Janes, usually made in China) are great for house wear, but people with flat feet in particular need to be careful about wearing them for much walking or being on your feet for a long period of time. Better the clunky touristy shoes than aching feet -- when your feet hurt, it's hard to pay much attention to anything else.
For a long time I resisted wearing athletic-type shoes because they reminded me of the shoes I used to see little old ladies wearing in Miami Beach when I was a kid. But bunion surgery 20 years ago kinda changed that. ;)
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