Protect Your Travels
I gave a travel tip a while back about wearing comfortable shoes while traveling. It will save you muscle aches AND may save you money. Why? In Europe [and YES the UK/England is part of Europe] many of the older areas, the parts of history you like to tour, the streets are cobblestone and slabs of stone. The steps can be uneven, different width & depth, even worn grooves from centuries of footsteps. The comfortable, flat cushion shoes will protect your soles and demand less stress on your calf muscles. And ladies, spiked heels will get caught in the grooves between the stones. But this blog is not about shoes and cobblestones. As I was exploring London today, I took a header to the ground; my face almost met the slab stone personally. I was "looking cute" with chunky heel boots and didn't noticed the bottom step was shorter than the others. So I fell face forward to the ground; and the typically response is the arms outstretche...