I’ve seen a lot of threads over time in which people tell where they’ve been, but let’s get a bit more specific. Do you have a pair of shoes that you wear practically all the time and everywhere you go? If so, where have they been worn? Stupid things like layovers at airports count, too!
My current shoes, since the summer of 2001, I think:
U.S. States
Alabama
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
New Hampshire (possibly; can’t quite recall)
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island (another maybe)
Tennessee
Texas
West Virginia
Other countries
Cape Verde
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Zambia
My favorite footwear is this old pair of Vasque boots. I bought them in 1992, and I wear them practically every day. The list would be longer, but I didn’t take them on a couple of the trips overseas.
U. S. (in no particular order)
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Ohio
Indiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
South Dakota
Kentucky
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Minnesota
North Dakota
New York
Michigan
Canada:
Ontario
Manitoba
Mexico
Netherlands
Austria
Slovakia
Poland
Expecting to add several new locations in Canada and the U. S. this summer.
I have a pair of thongs (known elsewhere I understand as jandals and/or flip-flops) which have travelled with me to:
USA (New York, New Jersey, California, Hawaii)
Canada (Ontario, Québec, Alberta, British Columbia)
UK
France
Russia
Italy
Austria
Germany
Switzerland
Leichtenstein
Hong Kong
Singapore
Thailand
New Zealand
& all the Australian states and territories (NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, TAS, ACT, NT)
Well, that’s a little better than I thought. One of these days I’ll get out my travellin shoes and really go to town. I just wish I wasn’t so freaked out about flying.
I’ve a pair of Hi Tech boots from 92. I bought them for a semester in Ireland. They’ve been to:
Ireland
England
Northern Ireland
France
Germany
Russia
and probably a number of states but I could never tell. I still have them, but use them to mow the lawn in now and other work type jobs.
My motorcycle boots I have now have been to 47 of the 48 lower states, missing Louisiana. They will be going to Europe with me this summer and will hit 15-20 different countries.
Thailand
Singapore
Malaysia
Indonesia (Bali and Java)
Nepal
India (Kashmir, Ladhak)
Peru
Bolivia (went in for a repair in La Paz!)
Equador
Columbia
Venezuela
The Mr wanted to have it replaced but I wouldn’t let him, too much history for me.
However on my last journey to SE Asia (2003) I left it behind and acquired a discman in Singapore.
US and Canada:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Maryland
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Ohio
California
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
St. Croix
(Plus a state somewhere between Maine and California, but for the life of me, I can’t remember where the layover was)
Mexico:
Baja California Norte
Yucatan
Quintana Roo
Campeche
Cozumel
Europe:
France (southeast, plus Corsica)
Spain (Barcelona and whatever town Barcelona’s seaport is in)
Italy (Rome and surrounding area, plus Sicily)
Vatican City (during Jubilee, no less–lot’s of shoes there that day)
Germany (all over southern Germany)
Austria (all over)
Malta (all over the main island)
Ireland (County Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Killkenny, Carlow, Wicklow, and Dublin)
Wales (not much of it, a straight line from between whatever the town is where the ferry from Ireland stops and the English border. I did stop in that place with the freakishly long name, though)
England (the majority of it, though I never went any further south than Salisbury)
Scotland (no further north than Edinburgh and not much further west)
Caribbean:
Dominican Republic
St. Lucia
Guadalupe
(plus those islands mentioned under US and Mexico)
Others:
Belize
Guatemala
And whatever Asian country these well-worn sandals originated from. I won’t replace them until they crumble to dust.
My hiking boots have been to the following locations:
Indonesia,
Philippines,
Thailand,
Japan,
Cambodia,
Malaysia,
Sri Lanka,
Maldives,
UK,
France,
Italy,
Switzerland,
Germany,
Austria,
Poland,
Netherlands,
Belgium,
New Zealand,
Australia,
