My planes didn't crash on the way here! Yay! It was actually a relatively tolerable trip over, although I'm almost convinced to start up an airline company for tall people. I first flew Calgary to Toronto via Westjet, which seemed to have more legroom and was therefore the more comfortable flight. They also do that personal-TV-in-the-back-of-the-seat-in-front-of-you thing, and one of the channels shows a map of the plane's current location, speed, and altitude, which is vital information for a geography geek like me. The Toronto to Keflavik flight, after a 3 hour stopover where I became mildly lost because no one seemed to know where the correct gate I needed was, I flew with Icelandair. They lacked the cool personal TV and map combo, and had squishier seats, but served the absolute best airline meal I've
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