Travel2CityA notebook of journeys
An illustrated journey with Mea Zen

Real places.
Wandering heart.
Open pages.

The map has no last page.

Come a little closer. Beyond the postcard is a street, a story, and a woman with a notebook — finding her own way through the world.

Begin the journey Choose a chapter ↓
Mea Zen in her teal dress and ochre scarf, holding a notebook among illustrated European places
A place. A feeling. A page.
✦ Nine chapters ✦ Original travel photographs ✦ One open notebookTake the scenic route
Follow your curiosity

Where shall we wander?

Start close to home, follow the coast, or turn to any page. Every chapter is a small invitation to look again.

Slovakia — Mea’s illustrated journeyCHAPTER 01

Slovakia

The first page
Portugal — Mea’s illustrated journeyCHAPTER 02

Portugal

Learning the edge
Spain and Gibraltar — Mea’s illustrated journeyCHAPTER 03

Spain and Gibraltar

Patterns and detours
The Riviera and Monaco — Mea’s illustrated journeyCHAPTER 04

The Riviera and Monaco

An afternoon without a task
Italy and Vatican City — Mea’s illustrated journeyCHAPTER 05

Italy and Vatican City

The city reflected
Belgium — Mea’s illustrated journeyCHAPTER 06

Belgium

Small rooms in a large journey
The Netherlands — Mea’s illustrated journeyCHAPTER 07

The Netherlands

A wider line
Croatia — Mea’s illustrated journeyCHAPTER 08

Croatia

Stone, shade, and the shared square
Montenegro — Mea’s illustrated journeyCHAPTER 09

Montenegro

The page that stays open
Lu Cia, Mea Zen and Colombine sharing a notebook beside Perast bay
A new page, shared

Three companions.
One open notebook.

Mea brings the words. Colombine brings her sketchbook. Lu Cia finds the light. Join them for 12 imagined moments, from Spanish doorways to the quiet of the North Sea.

Meet the travelling trio

New in the notebookThe Long Way Round · A Pocketful of Weather

Lisbon — an illustrated scene with Mea Zen
The illustrated journey · Mea Zen
From photograph to story

The places are real.
The pages can dream.

Our old photographs are the beginning, not the ending. Familiar streets become illustrated scenes; Mea’s notebook gives them a new voice.

Try the photograph switch. The original image is still here, exactly where the story began.

Explore the photo archive
“The tram knew its route.
I was still negotiating mine.”
Mea’s notebook · The Portugal chapter
Illustrated cover artwork for Travel2CityTravel2CityThe Map with No Last Page
A story to hold in your hands

The notebook is
becoming a book.

Nine chapters. Twenty-one illustrated sequences. A journey through the places we photographed, and the feelings we imagined along the way.

Illustrated edition in preparation
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