Labor Day Weekend last year
Summary – Left Dallas & visited Toronto, Niagara Falls, Reykjavik & the Golden Circle in Iceland
Whirlwind Timeline Recap
Friday
5pm – Left work for Dallas Airport (DFW)
7pm – Boarded direct flight to Toronto, Canada (YYZ)
11pm – Picked up rental car and found a nice Bar & Grill that was open
11:59pm – Went to sleep at Hotel near Airport
Saturday
7am – Left for Niagara Falls
8:30am – Arrived in Niagara Falls &took lots of photos
10:30am – took the Hornblower Niagara cruise through the mist
11:30am – ate lunch at Skylon tower, the revolving restaurant at the top of the needle overlooking the falls
12:30pm – returned to Toronto
2:30pm – Took a tour of Casa Loma which is a 100+ year old Gothic Revival style mansion and gardens in Toronto
5pm – Had dinner in St. Lawrence market which is a 200+ years old
8:30pm – Boarded direct flight to Reykjavik (KEF), Iceland. Slept on plane
Sunday
6 am – Picked up rental car in Reykjavik
8 am – went to the blue lagoon and relaxed for a few hours
11:30am – had Icelandic hot dogs (these are kind of famous)
12:00pm - proceeded to due the Golden Circle Drive. Hiked in Pingvellir National Park, Walked along Gulfoss waterfall, & watched Geysir geysers (which is the oldest recorded geyser and for which all geysers are named)
6pm – toured outside Hallgrimskirkja the famous church in Reykjavik
7pm – Had dinner at Kaffivagninn, oldest restaurant in Iceland
9pm – went to an outdoor festival that happened to be near our hotel
Monday – Labor Day
7am – Left for KEF for a flight back to DFW via a connection in YUL
3pm – Landed in DFW
4pm – slept