We leapt in a little faster than we planned, but an opportunity popped up and it gave us a purpose and meant we weren't going to run off home at the first few major hiccups.

The best advice I ever got. "You've got to really want to live here to make it." As lots will test you, as it is very different to London, where I came from. If it works, great. If it doesn't; you tried, you tasted it and won't wonder "what if?" for the rest of your life. Win win.