Congratulations, but I do hope you know what the winters are like over there? 
After staying there for a year my father, a native to Washington State that grew up in the foothills of the Cascades, said that the novelty of snow has worn off from him. :p

After staying there for a year my father, a native to Washington State that grew up in the foothills of the Cascades, said that the novelty of snow has worn off from him. :p