I spend my entire weekends barefoot and love every sensual moment of it (driving, shopping, dining, walking). There isn't a second when I'm not aware that my soles are uncovered and in contact with some surface at some temperature---barefoot pleasure!
quite sadly with time i've grown so accustomed to barefooting that i feel 'shod' even in bare feet so i have to put something over my feet just to feel the difference. If i've been marching on hot, coarse terrain my feet seem to swell a bit and if then i step on a slick surface like the floor of a store it gives me a weird 'shod in my bare feet' feeling. did anyone experience that ?