Entries from 'Dante’s Dory'

Charming Snakes in Marrakech

(Editor’s Note: We have no pictures of the snake charmers but have posted other pictures of Dante in Marrakech.) My favorite memory of Marrakech was seeing the snake charmers. They were set up in the middle of the square and they sit on a large mat with an umbrella to shade them. The snakes are…

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Dante’s Atlantic Crossing

The first time I ever crossed an ocean was by boat, not by plane! I am sitting here in the beautiful city of Lisbon, Portugal marveling at what it took to get here. I am proud of myself for crossing an ocean in a boat and being promoted to deckhand. It all started when we…

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Dante’s Top 5 in DC

  I really liked Washington, DC. These were my favorite things of all in the city: (1) Washington Monument When we came into the anchorage we could see the Washington Monument from our boat. It was really cool so we took a photo. Then when we went into the Washington Monument, we could see our…

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Dante’s Virginia

We were in the Great Dismal Swamp, and we had two inches under our keel. That’s when we saw it, the sign welcoming us across the Virginia state line. We had been in the canal for two days. It was dug by slaves in the late 1700s and early 1800s. It has a lock system…

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Me Gusta Puerto Rico

  I had not had a play date since January, and it was March so, I was really looking forward to the Blois family coming over. We had a great time in Puerto Rico with Lanse ( age 11), Lukas (age 8) and Eric (age unknown). The day finally arrived when we picked them up…

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