Hi Pam and Dave, tanks for your reply and advice, we are currently doing a lot of research about cyprus, we have decided that cyprus would be better suited to us than spain from an education point of view due to us having a little girl, we have heard that pathos has some very good schools that follow the english curriculum closely. also there are other advantages such as many cypriats speak english and there is a large number of expats.we arnt going to rush into moving because as you will know its a big leap and a lifechanging experience but we have set our hearts on it and intend to go for it! as they say life to short so we want to make the most of it in a beautiful part of the world! kind regards Shane and Tracey.