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.

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
The story collection

Fresh pages from the notebook.

Mea sits with her closed notebook on a bench beside the arcades of the cloister courtyard in Alcobaça.
New · Portugal · Mea’s notebook

Nowhere Else Today

Four stops in Portugal, and the small art of leaving something for tomorrow.

Beside a yellow façade in Trnava, Lu Cia presents a flask, Mea smiles and Colombine holds three small cups.
New · Slovakia · Three companions

Tea for Three

One flask, three cups, and views best enjoyed together.

Mea holds a postcard and pencil while admiring colourful stepped-gable houses in Bruges.
New · Belgium · Mea Zen

On a Single Postcard

Four stops, one postcard, and a sentence in no hurry to arrive.

Mea stands a little stiffly beside a stone fountain while Colombine sketches and Lu Cia watches with an amused smile.
New · Riviera and Monaco · Three companions

Look Natural

One sketchbook and three women trying far too hard to look relaxed. Playful posing by a fountain, a pink villa and historic cannons ends beside the sea in Nice.

Mea Zen pauses inside a shaded stone passage in Granada, holding an open coral fan at her waist beside the bright arch.
New · Spain and Gibraltar · Mea’s notebook

A Little Air, Please

One fan, a tiled pattern, and an audience that refuses to be charmed. Four warm-weather moments with Mea Zen, from Granada to the evening sea in Mallorca.

Mea Zen checks her watch on the walkway beside Kotor's stone walls while Colombine holds her closed sketchbook and Lu Cia smiles.
New · Montenegro · Three companions

Five More Minutes

Three companions, each with a reason to linger. From Kotor past a stone bridge and an old olive tree to the bay at Sveti Stefan.

Mea Zen pauses on narrow stone steps in Dubrovnik, one palm against the wall and her scarf in the other hand.
New · Croatia · Mea’s notebook

A Place in the Shade

Cool stone, green shade, and a peacock with firm ideas about elegance. Four summer moments with Mea Zen in Dubrovnik, Trsteno, Lokrum and Poreč.

Mea Zen, Colombine and Lu Cia greeting a passing canal boat in Amsterdam
New · The Netherlands · Three companions

We Understood Each Other Anyway

A wave across the canal, two languages in one sentence, and a portrait that refuses to stay serious. Join Mea, Colombine and Lu Cia for four playful Dutch moments.

Mea Zen drawing in a golden gondola seat in Venice
New · Italy · Mea’s notebook

The Line That Led Me

A gondola, a crooked line, and a drawing that keeps changing. Follow Mea through Venice, Florence, Rome and the quiet of Lake Garda.

Mea, Colombine and Lu Cia sharing a notebook in the wind at Guincho
A new trio story · Portugal

The Page the Wind Turned

Three women, one notebook, and a breeze with ideas of its own. Join Mea, Colombine and Lu Cia from Lisbon’s tram tracks to a lighthouse above the Atlantic.

Mea Zen beneath Michael’s Gate in Bratislava
New in Mea’s notebook · Bratislava & Devín

The City That Looked Back

A familiar street, a page left blank, and the pleasure of taking your time. Follow Mea through four illustrated moments, from morning under Michael’s Gate to one more golden evening street.

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.

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 · Nowhere Else Today · Tea for Three · On a Single Postcard · Look Natural · A Little Air, Please · Five More Minutes · A Place in the Shade · We Understood Each Other Anyway · The Line That Led Me · The Page the Wind Turned · The Postcard I Kept · The City That Looked Back

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
Step inside the book
From the archive to the bookshelf

More pages from our world.

While the Travel2City illustrated book is taking shape, explore these English editions from our connected creative and historical archives.

Information Regarding Aliens and UFO — A Personal Archive of UFO Stories, Culture and Consciousness book cover

Information Regarding Aliens and UFO

A Personal Archive of UFO Stories, Culture and Consciousness

By Mea Zen Free

Eight connected essays on UFO stories, culture, music and the personal search for meaning.

Fort Knox — Three out of thirteen book cover

Fort Knox

Three out of thirteen

By Mea Zen

A documentary comic revisiting the 1974 press visit and the questions surrounding the gold audit.

The Dr. Beter Audio Letters — Volume 1 · Letters 01–40 (1975–1978) book cover

The Dr. Beter Audio Letters

Volume 1 · Letters 01–40 (1975–1978)

By Peter David Beter

Forty chronological transcripts in an English reading edition of the historical Audio Letters.

The Dr. Beter Audio Letters — Volume 2 · Letters 41–80 (1978–1982) book cover

The Dr. Beter Audio Letters

Volume 2 · Letters 41–80 (1978–1982)

By Peter David Beter

The second half of the numbered Audio Letters, continuing the archive through 1982.

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