Hi All!
Trip is going very well thus far; if you want 'blow-by-blow' details, IM me and we can connect on Facebook.
One thing that did happen this evening was funny enough for me to share here, however. Mostly because ya'll will "get it" better than most.
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I added a post to the album: ICC Trip — feeling highly amused at International Spy Museum.
(Spoiler Alert)
Funny story: When you first arrive at the museum, your group is taken to a room where you are told you have 2 minutes to select from one of the "secret identities" hung from a series of pillars around the room and memorize it. You're told to grill each other on the "fact sheet" because there -will- be a test at some point on our tour.
The next stop is a dark room with a brief video recapping various facts and history on spies around the world....and then as you leave you are reminded about keeping your new biography in mind and how the slightest mistake could compromise your identity, trust nobody, and remember to expect a test on any detail when we least expect it.
My "bio" was 33 year old astronomer Diana Siegal most recently from Bernbeuren, Germany on her way to London for a 4 day business trip.
For fun, I totally played along and took the whole thing very seriously.
For almost three hours, I was Diana.
When I met folks, I introduced myself as Diana. When people asked what brought me to D.C. I figured there was no way I could be convincing with a German accent so I invented a dear friend who lived in Bernbeuren whom I had just gotten back from visiting. I talked about how much I looked forward to seeing London, first time on business you know, pity on the short stay...
Total blast!
It wasn't until almost all the way to the end of the tour when I discovered the "test" - it was a little Kiosk with basic multiple choice answers you could pick from to "grade" yourself on what you remembered.
Apparently I took the whole thing -way- to seriously.
And there are like 20some odd people in DC who came away having met a quirky astronomer who's allergic to pickles.
Oops.
#SorryNotSorry
#LOL
#MightDoThatAgain
