For a small town (population of 4-5k) in the middle of the Rockies, Fernie has a lot more than I thought it would. First and foremost, there's a Subway in town -- which apparently do Pizza Subs here, a cinema - on a Tuesday you can get a ticket, popcorn and drink for about $8.50 (less than £5), and it even has a disc golf course about 5 minutes walk from our house!
The local supermarket, bizarrely called Overwaitea, is a fairly decent size, though there isn't much in the way of vegetarian food. There's an abundance of ski/snowboarding shops, due to the ski resort up the mountain. There's also an ice rink, which I'll be checking out soon, the others went to see a local game there already. I just watched my first ice hockey game on TV, go Vancouver Canucks!
Not sure yet what the nightlife is like, there are a fair few bars around, we're going to check some of them out tonight. One place had a 50 person poker tournament last night, buy-in for 20 bucks with no rebuy. Perfect. Unfortunately it was fully booked by the time we saw it, but hopefully it's a regular thing.
We're living on the bottom floor of a house towards the edge of town. Our landlords, a Polish couple in their late 50s/early 60s, live upstairs and are some of the warmest, friendliest people you could meet. Ridiculously friendly. Their dog Zenta is just as friendly as they are, and will come and tap at our back door to come and play. They have a cat too, whom I've yet to meet. Our living room has satellite TV, great views and a log cabin style interior. A pretty sweet pad!
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