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I spent the day with Dad today. We went into Boston to see the Tall Ships. I remember the last time the Tall Ships came around. I was little, maybe nine or ten? I remember standing around all day waiting for the ships to arrive. It was so cool to see them flying over the water, all their sails billowing in the wind. The ships today were all docked and the sails were tied to the masts, but they were still a sight to see. We took a tour of the largest ship there. It built in Russia during the 1920s and it was about 375' long. It was pretty cool to poke around the deck, and talk to the sailors that were hanging around. Not all of them spoke English, but quite a few did. Dad snapped a picture of me and one of the Russian sailors. :) We also went on a battleship built in 1944 that was part of WW2. It was cool to see some of the old equipment from the war displayed in little corners of the ship, like gas masks and huge shells for the guns. There were about six other ships that we saw but weren't able to get on board to tour. Except for the 40 bazillion other people milling about, it was a fun day spend with Dad.