Shoe stores are everywhere in Italy. We searched in Rome along the Via Nazionale for those shoes. Probably twenty or thirty stores that sold shoes. So we walked some more in Italy, searching for other shoe stores. Along the way, however, we were stopped in our shoe hunt by the breathtaking Trevi Fountain .
Tourists gather around the fountain, tossing coins over their shoulder.
As if the scene weren't beautiful enough, to the left and right of the fountain are shoe stores. As we scavenged for those shoes I realized the streets in Rome look just as I had imagined by watching movies and reading books. Old buildings that tower just enough to prevent all but a few beams of sunshine from dotting the narrow paths shaded by the uneven cobblestone streets. Street vendors set up blankets from which they sell watches and scarves while the aroma of cafes and gelaterias slides along the air. Every day we'd search, stopping to take in the beautiful Italian monuments.