YOB: #2 The International Spy Museum (Part 2)

By Beth

What red-blooded American girl doesn't love her some spies? I mean, come on, if your heart doesn't go pitter patter for at least one of the many James Bonds, there's something wrong with you. Some of my earliest movies included the 007 ones, those and Star Wars. I fell in love with James Bond (but not nearly as hard as I fell for a certain British bad guy, if you have to ask who you obviously haven't been following my stories). My favorite Bond as a young girl was Roger Moore, Sean Connery was too hairy and Timothy Dalton was just…odd. I know there were more but they did not earn a place in my memory as these few did. Pierce Brosnan was good too but I had my reservations when Daniel Craig was announced to play James several years back. Really? A blonde Bond? But after seeing the first movie he did, I was hooked. I guess you can technically argue that Bond isn't really a spy in the strictest sense of the word, but that's really besides the point. My love for spies and covert activity was born and will never die.

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YOB: #2. The International Spy Museum

By Lara

Item number two on the Year of the Birthday list was to visit the International Spy Museum in Washington DC.

Keeping in mind that I am one of those girls who loves spy movies, I was totally excited. I knew that Beth would love the museum too. We decided to ride to DC on the metro on January 2nd. Maeli came with us. We were not the only people with that particular idea. The International Spy Museum was crazy crowded.

After standing in line to stand in line to get tickets, we stood in line to get tickets. After getting tickets, we stood in line to get in the door. Once in the door, we stood in line to get searched by security. Then we spent some quality time in a maze-like line that lead to the elevator. The elevator took about 15 minutes to climb three floors.

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