Tales of the shoes
By Alexandra Valint | October 22, 2001Well-loved and broken in, they have rubber soles, frayed laces and cracked leather toes. For many people, one of the most integral parts of being may be that pair of gray-strapped Teva hiking sandals, those rugged sand-colored Timberland boots or even a pair of plain Birkenstocks. Some people have travelled all over the world and with each, footwear has followed - across oceans, over country borders, into different climates and topographies, with them every step of the way.


