Archive | October, 2013

Their Travel Changed Your World – Mark Twain

This is the third in a series of articles about the transformative power of traveling.  No one really knows the impact a trip is going to have on their life.  It can be a restorative escape, educational, or thought provoking – often all at the same time.  Sometimes the experiences a person has while traveling, […]

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Not So Instantly On Instagram, But……

I took the plunge and I’m now on Instagram!  I know, I know.  I’m more than a little late to the game, but if you are more visually inclined, you can keep up with me on the road now with all of the pictures and almost none of those pesky words! You can still “like” […]

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Jim, The Japanese Pocket Dog

This is the third in a series of stories about my trip to Russia shortly after the fall of the Iron Curtain in the 1990s.  The first two entries can be found here and here. As part of my month long, teenage journey to the very “new” Russia, it was deemed that each person in […]

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How Many Do You Admit To?

I’m pretty much guilty of each of these!  Check out the list Buzzfeed has put together to determine if you’re a traveler at heart.  Are you? http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/31-signs-youre-a-traveler-at-heart   Like Toland Travels on Facebook, and “like” it on Twitter.

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