I just got back from a week abroad, visiting friends and exploring some of the Swiss and French Alps! It was a great trip, full of bicycles (and wrecks), trains, hiking, rain, boats, and some amazing surroundings. I put together a few videos to share it all with you. First up, is a my travel […]
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The BUZZ…..
The first Toland Travels Community list is up and going on Buzzfeed: 10 Things You Can Do On ANY Vacation. Check it out! Click the link….. http://www.buzzfeed.com/tolandtravels/10-things-you-can-do-on-any-vacation-tpzf Can you think of any others? I’m always looking for new experiences. Send them my way. Buy the Toland Travels app for iPhones – […]
Toland Travels-Live!
I owe a heartfelt “thank you” to everyone that came out to see Toland Travels-Live! The show was a huge success, and you have no idea how much I appreciate the presenters, the audience, and all the great folks at Urban Standard. Your willingness to support Toland Travels and Urban Standard was genuinely moving. The […]
The People You Meet Along The Way
Perhaps my favorite part of traveling is the people you tend to randomly cross paths with. I’ve been fortunate to have amazing conversations in some of the most unlikely of places. A few weeks ago in London, I struck up a conversation with a man from France and we started talking about language, and that […]
Always Be Honkin’
It’s an odd phenomenon to travel by automobile in a second or third world country. There’s no need for radio. In fact, during your entire time in the car, other drivers will serenade you. You (or your driver), will most likely add to the aural deliciousness. Everyone, it seems, is blowing his or her horn. […]
Toland Travels – LIVE!
Are you going to be in Birmingham, Alabama on Tuesday, June 24th? Toland Travels and Urban Standard Coffee Shop in Birmingham, Alabama are teaming up for a night to celebrate local writers and lovers of travel. Think of it as a local and live version of “This American Life!” Do you have a great travel […]
That Time I Paid A Man In Istanbul To Beat Me Up
I love a massage. Seriously. I have had hot stone massages, Indian oil massages, Thai massages, Swedish massages, Chinese massages, and once a kindly old lady on a subway car in Berlin even rubbed my shoulders when I was looking particularly haggard. It was in Istanbul, though, that I asked for a massage, and ended […]
Their Travel Changed Your World – Buddha
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, […]
First Timers Club
My good friend, Daniel, just got back from Hong Kong. It was his first time to travel overseas and I thought it was the perfect time for an interview! Travel. It changes your perspective on the world! Daniel gets it and you can too! Buy the Toland Travels app for iPhones – […]
Timeless Cambodia: A Photoessay
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