Hi everyone! I'm close to do my first Europe trip and I started thinking how will I record all the experiences and thoughts I'll have during the trip! Searching the web I run into the new Moleskine Travel Journal, has anyone bought it?? I'd like to know if you'd reccommend it to use in a month long trip, or if you'd rather take a plane notebook.
Thanks!
Posted by
Ann Arbor, Mi
3696 posts
It looks like a great journal... I have dozens of others from previous trips, but not that one. One of my favorites was a beautiful leather cover, but the actual journal came out, so I did not have the extra weight and when I came home it went back into the cover and could sit on a bookshelf. It looks like this one has some specific areas to use for different parts of your journey. I love how it looks and I always journal 'by hand' and never on the computer, so I think I am going to order one. Have a wonderful time on your first trip to Europe.
And... write down as much as you can....its amazing what you forget because the next day is filled with more new experiences.
Posted by
Portlandia
3313 posts
It's too small and not worth the money. I take plain 8.5 x 11 Mead composition books. I tape all of the usual travel detritus in them as I go - receipts, tickets, tourist office maps, etc. By the end of the trip, the book is bulging. Because the pages are sewn together, they don't fall out. And they cost very little.
Posted by
Bloomington, IL, USA
9363 posts
I buy regular, hardbound 6" x 9" blank books (lined pages) that I buy, generally on clearance, at Borders or Barnes and Noble. I don't like being bound by what someone else prints on the page, as far as how to enter my information. With the ones I use, I can write, draw, or glue brochures, ticket stubs, etc., anywhere I want. And they are cheap enough that if I don't use up all of the space (and I never do), I don't feel wasteful for starting a new one for my next trip. I have never understood why Moleskine books are so expensive - not worth it, in my opinion.
Posted by
New York City, NY, USA
5678 posts
I used a travel journal the first time I went. I was glad to have the suggestions that first time. Since then I've gone the blank book route. In fact, I care a moleskin blank book or a cheaper on sale version with me at all time now and use it to note things I need to remember. On my last trip, though, I did a blog on my Mac. It forced me to pick 5-6 of the best pictures of the day and then I spoke about them and a few other things. I kept up! With a paper journal I tend to fall off about midway through the trip. Pam (You create the blog and not upload it until you are home if you worry about who knows when you are in Europe. )