thanks guys for all the responses, ive been at work and didnt get in til 1am, and im going back to work in an hour, so im not ignoring it all.
my wife has registered an interest for more info, its an internal position with mcdonalds.
we will find out more info soon, but as long as its not a total s**thole i think we will go for it, as mentioned above, if we dont, we will spend the rest of our lives wondering what if.
both of us are into mtb, both of us love (and used to play) ice hockey, and we are more interested in winter sports than lying on a beach somewhere.
i had never been abroad before we went to ottawa last year, and it was an eye opener for me to find that the kind of lifestyle i want to lead is considered normal over there ie: biking everywhere when the weather is good, playing pond hockey when its winter etc.