Last day in Bogota

Upon arriving in Bogota we went directly to Jean Pierre's apartment ( Jean Pierre is the commissioner of foreign trade at the Embassy [please excuse the error in title- this is not his actual title but it is what he does at the embassy]). We were greated with wine and h'orderves. We chatted and shared experiences with all the teachers, executives from SMARTechnologies and embassy staff. It was a lovely night of sharing and congratulations of a program well done.

I would like to thank SMARTechnologies for hosting our team during the last two weeks. They were fabulous hosts providing everything we could have ever imagined. I am very thankful for all the effort to show us the best of Colombia- from food to Fifa world cup games.

Thank you to Claudia Ledezma and her team for coordinating such a well run tour and thinking of all of our needs before we had even realized them.

Thank you to Luis Morales for providing coaching and support for the SMARTuser conference. I was quite nervous presenting at my first conference, however Luis made the experience as stressless as possible.

Thank you to the Canadian Embassy for meeting with us at the beginning and at the end of our trip.

Thank you to Sheila McLeod for providing such great leadership from the CBE end of the agreement. You lead us well and provided a lot of support in the process to make sure our experience was the best it could be.

Thank you to the teacher team from the CBE- Susan, Gary, Kelly, Lina, Linda, Maria Teresa, and Marlene, Colleen and Sheila. You were all great travel partners.

I know there are others that I should be thanking, there were so many people involved with this project. So thank you to you all. I look forward to meeting with the teachers from Colombia when they come to Canada. I also look forward to the projects that will go forth after making such wonderful connections with so many different teachers.

Thank you!