So, I’m about to embark on my holiday to Bulgaria. Pushed forward from Saturday, to Wednesday, to Thursday, to Friday, I’ve been preparing for the trip for a while now. Seeing as it will be very warm in Bulgarian and Macedonia, I don’t want to wear my shoes all the time. So I told my girlfriend that when I’m in Sofia, where she lives, she’s going to help me pick out a pair of flip flops. She reacted as if I had asked her to help me find some sandals.
Well… that’s for Holland. In Holland, sandals are perceived as a rather nerdy thing to wear. Flip-flops are cool! In Bulgaria, flip-flops are apparently not cool. Well, not if you want to be perceived as masculine anyway. Apparently there, it IS okay to wear sandals. Which is a big don’t in Holland.
So obviously you understand my big fashion dilemma right now. How to look cool everywhere!? I will go not eat something now and starve myself to death so I look more like the people I admire. I’ll leave you with a question though. Or two. Two questions! No, three.
What’s it like in your country? Are men who wear flip-flops really less masculine? Is wearing sandals in the city for nerds and old people?
Let the debate commence!
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One response to “Sandals vs flip-flops”
ok I made some research on my way to the university and back. I counted the men with sandals, flip flops and WV golfs in the centre of Sofia. So here it is, because I know you like lists 🙂
1. The men with sandals were less than the ones with flip-flops, but both are rarely met here
2. Teddy said in the US it is sandals that are gay
3. It is better to look like a tourist than to look gay
4. There is a third option when you can look like a father of five http://akamai.backcountrystore.com.edgesuite.net/images/items/medium/DCS/DCS1283/BKBA.jpg
5. I forgot the count the golfs but i am sure most of their drivers were wearing flip-flops 😀
Anyway, one should know there are certain rules to be kept if one wants to go flip-flopping in the streets here, like going to the gym very often!!! listening to chalga and eating Meat…