Travel and writing. What more is there in life?

Moleskins ar the best. I am constantly collecting and using notebooks to jot info down or write about my travels. It is just an added bonus that they have now included maps! (via Moleskine City Notebook)

So handy when travelling thanks to the handy maps so you don't have to carry around a whole bunch of seperate bits in your bag. The different sections (restaurants, musts, avoid) are really fun - we had a ball using ours.

So smart

I love the way it feels. The size and weight of it are very satisfying. It fits into my back pocket where I can whip it out and write down must-see recommendations from the locals.

The make your own travel guide idea is sheer genius! The Moleskine City Notebook gives you the bare bones necessities followed by blank pages you fill with your own favorites. I have tried, unsuccessfully, to compile my own collection of business cards and match book covers that chronicle my travels many times. This makes so much sense!

The guides so far only include the most major cities in the US and Europe.

Think how great it would be if you had a friend coming to your own (say, New York) and you put together a travel guide for them so their transition was much easier!

My girlfriend had one of these for our trip to Paris. A superb little journal.

absolutely indispensible. as a student studying abroad in rome for the semester, i am constantly referring to the notebook's comprehensive street index, street maps, and mini-transportation map. offering plenty of blank pages for whatever you feel like writing, it also includes pages separated into sections divided by tabs with cute little icons of a musical note, a book, or a smiley face, for example, so you can write down the great places, address and random things that you find. like most moleskin notebooks, it has a built-in folder in the back to save valuable little scraps of info. the city notebook is available for a few cities at the moment, but i am sure they will expand.