I was almost on Shell Bay (Poole) - it's by comparison lovely - and as a nipper had St Lucia Beach pretty much to myself (no hotels then).

Would still rather have mountains/lakes. I nearly settled nr Salzburg once. Was offered FREE land (with hunting rights) and work - and with an amorous start already guaranteed. Was on my hol's back in the mid '80s. No regrets - but it was a superb setting. My wife was recently somewhere (in Spain) with her sister and came back all bubbly as she thought it was a bit like Switzerland - SO I suppose we could end up there when we stop working.