Theola, I have to comment on the Birkenstock. I was going to by some when I was in Germany two years ago. I passed up some in rotherburg (because we were in a hurry to catch our bus) prices at American $15.00. I though ok, I can find some elsewhere. There prices are every bit as much as ours. $80 - $90 everywhere else. Maybe some have found them cheaper, but we sure did not. Makes me mad every time I think about passing them up. won't do that again. Gloria