Day 1

Forgot to mention, Got into my room last night, waking some poor person up that was fast asleep. My bad, he is all fine about it today though :)

Got up around 10:30am this morning and realised the first thing i forgot to pack... a towel!

Thats alright, gives me an excuse to get into town earlier.
Decided i would stick to my habits and did a morning ab workout before going (determined to not get fat over here!)

Walked out side and was blown away by what i saw. Pretty much 360 degree views of mountains! (see pics below) What a beautiful area.

It appears that no one here uses snow chains, so it worried me slightly when the bus pulled up and locked up and slid about a metre when braking haha.
Ended up getting some necessities in town and opening a bank account, have to find my way over to Canmore to get my SIN. I think im going to start looking at picking up a cheap car... Public transport is still no where near my preferred method of transport...

I have decided im going to try getting a job at a nice hotel like the fairmont springs banff, maybe night reception or something, accommodation included :P - Banff Springs

Other than that i walked into a restaurant/bar named Earls and asked about being a bartender/server. Have a meeting with the Boss on Thursday, so could be a good start.

Will probably take what job i can get for the first few weeks just to have some income.
Cannot start a job till i get my SIN number tomorrow. But will be good. Seems to be lots of places i could potentially work if i had to, if all else fails i can work days to be up and running then work on night work.

I do my CASI level 1 (Canadian snowboard instructor cert) on Friday through till Sunday. This will be my first time out on the snow here as i dont think i will get time before then. Very exciting! Cannot wait to see the slopes here!

Hope all is going well back in Aus, I am not envious of the hot weather there at all! I am very much enjoying this temperature and walking around in jeans and a jacket today.

Well i am off to do some online job hunting and looking for some cheap used cars, Apparently i can drive for 90 days on my license so thats pretty sweet :) Hopefully i can find a reliable (read not an Alfa - Carly :P)  car for under $1000.

THis is the ice climbing wall they have setup at the hostel here

 View just outside my hostel

 In town