Camp Galileo: Our Week as Young Detectives in Paris (video interview)

The theme of our recent week at Camp Galileo was Detective is Paris, Impressionism and the Science of Sleuthing.

From the website:

Intrigue abounds in the City of Light, where famous paintings have been mysteriously disappearing left and right. Sherbock Holmes is on the case, with the help of junior sleuth Yvette and her team of camper helpers, who hope to recover the paintings in time for the grand opening of the Salon des Refusés. This week, dig up your passport and dust off your magnifying glass for a trip to Paris. Get ready to learn the secrets behind Impressionism, put your sleuthing skills to the test and assist Sherbock and Yvette in cracking the case!

"Ok," I thought, "We're game!" My boys are into the spy thing, big time, just like most of their peers. We have a whole drawer of spy gear. We'd also taken in the Birth of Impressionism exhibit when it toured the De Young, so the theme was right up our alley.

When we arrived at Camp Galileo on an already hot Monday morning, my boys burst through the streamers at the entrance with nary a goodbye to me. I was merely le taxi.

You can't play the part of a detective in Paris unless you're sporting a mustache! So on Wednesday, all campers were encouraged to come to camp en moustache. We obliged.

I never know exactly what goes on during the time my boys are away from me. They always give me details in random bursts. But I know that they' were happy campers all week. I can just tell by the way they greeted me at pick up. No sullen faces, no complaints of boredom - clearly, they loved Camp Galileo.

Cheese Boy's group leader, Joanne, told me that he thinks he knows who stole the paintings. She described how he knew all about the science of lie detection. Apparnently, he did read the manual of the toy lie detector kit he has at home.

Here he is, describing how to detect a lie. For the record, however, it turns out he was wrong. I don't remember who turned to be the thief but it wasn't the science teacher.

 

This is an original post to Chalk and Cheese Chronicles.

Disclaimer: We are doing two weeks of Camp Galileo, each in a different location. One week we paid for on our own; the other is a complimentary week courtesy of Camp Galileo. I decided to write about our experiences at both camps and the opinions expressed herein are my own.