International Spy Museum

Name: Jane Meyer

Age: 13

Occupation: Student

Destination: Dublin, Ireland

Hometown: Sweetwater, Tennessee

Reason for trip: Vacation

Length of trip: 7 days

Today we went to the International spy museum and had to choose our cover story. Above is/was mine. After a ride up the elevator, we had three minutes to memorize our cover story. There were cars on the wall with possible cover stories and I chose the one closest to my age. After that, we went and watched a small movie about spies. Then we went into the real museum part. You know in Get Smart the movie how Maxwell Smart uses the "cell-phone in the shoe trick"? Well they actually do that in real life. The museum had all types of examples of spies like celebrities. We had to choose which kind of threat a scenario was like if someone was an enemy spying on you or if there is security and stuff like that. We also learned how to pick a lock.

After the spy Museum, we went to the Hard Rock Cafe for lunch. My sister and I got vanilla milkshakes which go really good with a cheeseburger and fries if you ask me. My sister first ordered a chocolate milkshake which she took one sip of and said" I dont like it" and exchanged the chocolate one for a vanilla one.

After the Spy Museum and lunch we went to the Air and Space Museum to return my plasma ball. I got most of the money I paid back but my sister out of the blue, decided to get a plasma ball. Hers actually worked because it does not take batteries. The manager said that she has gotten tons of the plasma things that I got back and only 2 of the other kind.

We also went to the Museum of American History to go to the Lincoln exhibit that was not open when we first went there. There were Lincoln's suit and the real casts made of his hands after he had been campaigning. The right was so swollen from shaking hands that Lincoln had to use part of a broom handle to hold it steady. They even had Lincoln's hat!

We also went to the Museum of Natural History to finish it by going to the mammals room. The mammals room had fennec foxes, bats, african animals and so much more.