Posts Tagged ‘Quebec City’

I recently had a very interesting, and somewhat disturbing exchange with a friend of my partner’s, who happens to be a nurse and has also been training for a running competition. While I have always known this person has never been supportive of my barefooting lifestyle, I never thought she would be so closed to new information.

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Gross guy on train
Originally uploaded by Julie Cakes.

Isn’t it the saddest, most judgmental title for this beautiful photo? The owner, someone who calls herself “Julie Cakes” who thought it was “gross” to be barefoot in the train (subway I assume) due to the dirt that this guy’s beautiful feet can be in contact with.

One more perfect example of how ignorant most people here in North America are about how healthy barefooting is…

I actually confronted her on Flickr.com and pointed out that how gross it was to be touching all the bars on the train with her bare hands and then bringing them close to her mouth, nose and eyes. She seemed to understand what I said…

At any rate, I love the photo. The only thing the guy could have done to make it better is have no shoes with him at all!

Barefoot Moe
barefootcanada.ca

Barefooting around Quebec City this summer was especially great because of all the different textures around the downtown court and the Old City. This photo was taken very close to Chateau Frontenac. Barefooting definitetly helped climbing the steep hills of the city. Sandals or shoes would only get in the way.

I also loved the fact that people didn’t seem to care about the fact I was barefooted. I managed to go barefoot into many churches, a couple of restaurants and in and out of the hotel we were staying without a problem.

I also managed to see a few other barefooters around the city and at the hotel lobby — the hotel indoor pool is very close to the lobby so people went from the pool to the lobby to use the public computers in bare feet. I thougth that was nice.

Especially enjoyable was dancing barefoot at “Le Drague” (THE gay bar to go to in Quebec City). I arrived in flip-flops but I managed to kick them off rather quickly upon starting to dance. No one seemed to care.

Quebec City is a wonderful city and I hope Gary and I go back again there soon…