My family and I recently visited Europe for a month. It was the trip of a lifetime and long in the planning, and we visited several countries.
Part of that planning involved what types of clothes to bring along. While Europe is relatively small and its fairly easy to go country hoping from one country to the next, each of those countries can have very different climates and weather which makes planning your wardrobe a little more difficult.
For instance in places like Scotland, pants a warm jacket, and rain gear are going to be just as necessary in July as any other time of the year, but if a few weeks later you find yourself in Greece… that extra bulk can be a pain. So unless you plan to buy whats needed when you get there, which can be expensive, and sometimes harder than it should, planning what you pack is often as important as where you go.
Shoes in particular can be tricky. You want something comfortable for walking and maybe even hiking, but at the same time want to have shoes your not ashamed of, when you go to a nice restaurant for dinner.
We recommend the Thursday Boot Company’s Premier Low Top in the natural or “heritage” leather.
This is an extremely comfortable, well made shoe, that is causal enough for everyday wear, but at the same time dressy enough for just about any restaurant that doesn’t require a jacket.
We wore this shoe across, Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, and Italy. I wore them on cobblestoned streets, walking hikes in the mountains, strolling around the beachfront in Croatia, and n beautiful bistros and restaurants just about everywhere. The work with or without socks, in dry weather or the rain (although I admittedly greased them heavily upon receiving them). My only really compliant with these shoes was that the laces it ships with are impractical, but’s an easy fix.
I’ve seen a few complaints online that they did not look exactly like the picture on the website and that there were some irregularities when it came to the same model shoes made in different factories, but I own two pair of these and they are both similar enough to easily be seen as the same shoe. They are solidly, built and were reasonably priced and at $129.
