Well, I'm not moving yet, but I have a job interview there next week. I would be interested in hearing what people think who have moved there from elsewhere.

I am an anglophone though used to be fluent in French and will pick it up fairly quickly, and my wife used to speak fairly well. How easy is it to integrate? We tend to meet our friends through things like running/tri/outdoors clubs, but we are getting old now .

We are very much outdoors people (triathlon, hiking, paddling, skiing, etc), and don't want to have to drive far (or at all). How easy is it to access these things? The average rainfall at over 40"/year seems huge to me - more than 50% more than here in England! Does this get depressing?

One thing that I would like to do is have a real estate agent give me a quick couple of hour tour of neighbourhoods/properties available. We had this at another interview and it was incredibly valuable. Can anyone suggest a good agent?

Any comments about living there are welcome.

Thanks

Dr. PITUK