French Jelly Sandals

I know many of us identify as either sandy or rocky beach people, but I think we can all agree that if the water is beautiful, you just want to get into it at all costs. And while I’m usually more in the sandy camp, in high summer the rocky beaches tend to draw fewer people. One of my favorite beaches on Patmos, Petra (which means rock), has the most feet-challenging entry. Matt and I have always resisted buying water shoes, because they’re so unattractive and we never want to pack them. Then on the second to last day of the trip, we inevitably end up buying a pair because we just can’t take another miserable sea entry/exit. So when I found these jellies (made with hemp!) at  Landline General Store  in Paris, I bought them immediately and put them to work on a trip to Sicily. They’re the perfect beach vacation sandal because they work as a shoe, but also in the water—and they’re cute. And besides, jelly sandals were supposedly first created in France in the 1950s and used by fishermen, so they work for men, too.