I *might* be going to Europe this fall - and while I still haven't replaced my wrecked luggage (that will be next), I'm now wondering about decent shoes. My husband and I *love* to walk ...for hours and hours, and if we decide to go ahead with this potential trip - I'm going to need good shoes.

These days, I have some reasonably good shoes for the most part - but they are 2-3 hour walking shoes, not necessarily good for 6+ hours of tromping around. The last few trips we took where we walked absolutely everywhere, for 6-8 hours per day, I didn't care about style at all...I had good walking shoes (not runners, but 'good' loafer-style shoes). Those are long gone.

The situation now is that I don't currently have any shoes that I'd feel good walking around all day long in...not the way we like to walk. I have good running shoes, but I really don't feel like wearing those on a trip to Europe.

This is asking way early - but if it takes me a few tries to find the right shoes, I'd rather get that sorted out sooner, rather than later.

If you were going to walk for 6+ hours per day, and you still wanted stylish looking shoes, what shoes would you wear? Walking umpteen kilometres/miles per day, but you're in some fab city and would like to wear something reasonably stylish - what would you choose?