In a week I leave for a trip to Europe with my family. I have already started to think about the books I will bring on the plane (first in the pile is "Grant and Twain" by Mark Perry which is about Mark Twain encouraging Ulysses Grant to write his memoirs), but I have mostly daydreamed about the kinds of paper and stationery stores I will find.
I brought back a Moleskine notebook from Paris six years ago, well before they were available on every street corner. I also discovered a store called Marie Papier on Rue Vavin. It was amazing -- smooth creamy papers and leather covered books. All very expensive so I only bought one thing. But I've thought about it for the last six years.
A few years ago my son went on a school trip to France and brought me back a simple, spiral bound graph paper notebook that couldn't have cost more than $5. I was thrilled.
Also, someone has told me that French schoolchildren are required to learn to write using fountain pens and that there are cheap disposable fountain pens available many places. Can't wait to take a look at those.
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