Andrei Charles Vernon, our 10-year old honorary grandson, spent the first week of his 2015 summer adventure in the USA with his Uncle Adrian Horotan, Aunt Anastasia, and Cousin Alfred in New Haven, CT.
Louie and I met all of them in Philadelphia on Saturday, August 1, 2015. After a terrific beer hall lunch at Frankford Hall, we drove back to DC for rest & recreation before ACV started camp at the International Spy Museum in downtown DC.
Louie and I met all of them in Philadelphia on Saturday, August 1, 2015. After a terrific beer hall lunch at Frankford Hall, we drove back to DC for rest & recreation before ACV started camp at the International Spy Museum in downtown DC.
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Frankford Hall - Louie, Alfred, Anastasia, Adrian, Andrei |
Louie and Andrei in the new playground near our house |
The new playground has a wonderful soft surface to protect kids when they fall. ACV and LIM (Louie) also shot hoops on the basketball court next door.
Sunday, August 2
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Sunday we had a restful day with delicious Louie meals, and we saw "The Lego Brickumentary" film at the nearby Angelika Pop-up Theater. Monday, August 3 - Friday, August 7 International Spy Museum web site
Andrei started a week of camp at the International Spy Museum. Here's the schedule:
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SPY CAMP: OPERATION BEAT THE HEAT
INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
DAY ONE – MONDAY
Infiltration and Mission Briefing
• Assume your cover and get ready for action!
• Build your own Intel. File
• Basic Training at the Spy Camp “Farm”
• Mission Briefing: Operation Beat the Heat
• Run Mission #1
• Debrief
DAY TWO – TUESDAY
Let’s Go Operational!
We will be outside most of this day – sunscreen, hats, comfy shoes are imperative – also you might need a backpack. Lunches should be fully disposable. If it’s raining we will switch this day with Wednesday’s activities.
• Mission to run at the Tidal Basin and on National Mall
• Bag lunch at the tidal basin
• Surveillance mission to run at the Smithsonian
• License to Leak game on the National Mall
DAY THREE – WEDNESDAY
Spies and Lies: TECH OPS day
• Discover the Art of Ninja
• Interrogate a hostile agent
• Travel to the foreign country of Khandar in Operation Spy
DAY FOUR – THURSDAY
Get Your Gadgets – FBI RECON.
Put in Team Mailbox: Northwest Current
• Meet a real spy and learn the tricks of the trade
• Make your own signaling device and personal alarm
• Visit the FBI
• Test your spy skills in Spy in the City
DAY FIVE – FRIDAY
Operation Beat the Heat – Mission Accomplished?
• Meet forensic scientists from the FBI to assist in analyzing mission materials
• Run final mission
• Mission Debriefing
2:30-3pm NOW YOU’LL KNOW
Party for all agents, operatives, and handlers (that’s code for parents are invited too!)
ACV and his team await presentation of their certificates presented by Peter Earnest - Executive Director of the International Spy Museum. He has a fascinating background.
Mr. Earnest's 36-year CIA career included more than 20 years in the Agency's Clandestine Service. A member of the CIA's Senior Intelligence Service, he was awarded the Agency's Intelligence Medal of Merit for “superior performance” throughout his career. Mr. Earnest also served as the Agency's principal spokesman in his final posting, developing and implementing a strategy of greater openness with the media and the public.
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Saturday, August 8 & Sunday, August 9
After Louie's famous blueberry pancakes with our friends, Jan and Rene, we shared a quiet Saturday at the playground & basketball court, plus plenty of I-pad time for Andrei. Sunday was a Washington Nationals baseball game at Nats Stadium vs. the Colorado Rockies...sad to say we lost the game, but it was a fun experience that none of us had done before.
dinner at Agua 301 on the Anacostia River waterfront a few blocks from Nats Field Monday, August 10
National Museum of the American Indian
web site for the National Museum of the American Indian
We had a scrumptious lunch and a photo op in front of Buffalo Dancer II National Air and Space Museum
web site for the National Air and Space Museum on the Mall
ACV and Scottie with Charles Lindberg's "Spirit of St. Louis" |
I-MAX film
ACV and LIM with the Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer |