One of the Little Things I like about NZ.

I walk around barefoot a LOT now. After a good day at the beach, the last thing I want to do is slap on some shoes. I typically will be wearing sandles, but they will inevitably get covered in sand and grit, so, embracing my new found kiwidom, I do without.

I've been to grocery stores, restaurants, bars, shops, gas stations and even the bank barefoot. I'm certainly not the only one either; most weekends I see a good number of adults walking around sans-souliers.

From speaking to Carly, it's a battle in the schools to get kids to wear shoes at all! I know whenever we're out about town, there's a 50 / 50 chance that anyone under about the age of 12 will be shoeless.

It's oddly liberating to be honest, and there's certainly no stigma that I've seen around it, especially on a bright sunny day in the beach towns :) Of course, I'm pretty oblivious when it comes down to it.