Archive | August, 2013

Chinese Capitalism

If you haven’t watched the international news this week, or kept up with events coming out of China over the last year, you might not be aware of the path of politician and businessman, Bo Xilai.  Bo is on trial for extensive corruption as both a local and a national politician.  Despite only claiming to […]

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Familial Travails

This weekend I hit the road for a big family reunion.  My grandmother’s maiden name was Dick.  Seriously.  Every year or so we all get together and have the “Big Dick Reunion.”  I want to make t-shirts one year, but fear that they might be indecent. It was an interesting trip for me, because for […]

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History, History, EVERYWHERE!

I’ve been to a lot of museums.  I’ve been to art museums, car museums, natural history museums, and even a couple of sex museums.  This weekend, though, I ended up in one of the strangest museums I have ever experienced. My friend Ben and I traveled to Warm Springs, Georgia.  As history teachers, our goal […]

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Sunburns…Ouch!

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Youtube’in For Your View’in

There’s now a Toland Travels Youtube page!  I’m hoping to document some of my travels,  show some of the movies I’ve made along the way, and to pass along all kinds of information to you guys, and even answer a few of your questions.  If you have any travel questions or questions about life in […]

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Facebook Fun!

Well, I’ve bitten the bullet and after being asked a few times, I now have a Facebook page for Toland Travels!   Head over to Facebook and “like” the page, and hit me up!  I look forward to hearing from you.   Twitter @tolandtravels

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Workin’ On Yo Fitness

When you’re on the road it’s hard to keep up an exercise routine of any sort.  Simply put, your body is out of whack.  You probably aren’t eating the same way you do at home, alcohol consumption tends to increase when people are on vacation, and fatty foods become the norm.  What’s a person to […]

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