Passing the time

We have been left to our own devices so far! There is snow but just not enough to get on the piste! Yesterday we spent the day on the village to sort out lift passes and things but we didn't get very far! There's very few people around and some confusion about what is going on. We aren't staff members yet so we have to get special Winter Sports Company (WSP) passes for the first 3 weeks and then transfer to staff passes. Which means we have to go and see different departments and things which got messy.
On the upside I got to meet a couple new people who work in the village. We stayed in the Picnic cafe so long to use the wifi and eat that I now know some of the waitresses and their friends who do house keeping in the village. And they're all Australian! This area of British Colombia is a popular destination for Aussies it seems, they're everywhere. We also tried out the hot pools and had a very relaxed day.

Sunday night we got fooled into an all you can eat pizza restaurant. I say fooled because we all got really full, really quick.. but we made up for it in free lollipops afterwards. I enjoyed because the greys cup final was showing on the bar, which is Canadian American Football I think. Ottawa vs Calgary and the waitresses managed to explain to me the difference in Canadian rules, and once we got talking turns out one of them will be working with us on the mountain! Everyone is so interesting here, they work so many jobs and come from all over the world. Running multiple jobs or alternative careers during the summer is how you survive in this town and how you get to live in such a beautiful area. I'm figuring out if I have what it takes!

Last night we had a family meal of steak stir fry noodles and we discovered my housemate Michael may as well be a chef. It was lovely! At least I have someone to help me cook if it does go terribly wrong when I start cooking for myself. Yesterday was also fairly productive. I've set up my canadaian bank account with CIBC (the closest bank to my house) and we have set up a PO box so now I can receive mail. It's such a small town no one has post boxes or delivery here.

I'm trying my hardest to keep you guys informed about what's going on but it's really hard when we have such slow days! Love to all my familly xxx Until next time!