Wow, so much Birkenstock wisdom! It's a whole world onto itself. In a way I feel even more late to the party!

DonnaF, I have long toes--and low-volume feet. It seems that Birkenstocks might not be in my future. But if I'm at a store that sells them I might just make time to giving them a test drive...

Angie, thanks for the link--I missed the original post as I was in flight from South America to the US that day...