THanks arthur,he is settling in just fine,he has been there 3 weeks tomorrow and has already had 2 girlfriends,he thinks the food is ok,the weather is fine,and the place is interesting,he has even been to a church "because I was drunk when she asked me,so i said yeah and went along for a bit of a sing and that" he dumped that particular girl because 4 days after he had met her she told him she loved him and wanted to move in with him,he said "She was a bit clingy"