Paddling in Prague

Ah for a few days of complete blobby relaxation.
We hit Prague a few days ago and have been quite happy to look at a few pretty things (of which there are many) and enjoy the luxury of our opulent rooms. We booked into a set of apartments, hoping that they had a kitchen we could use so we could save some money by doing our own cooking. What we got was a fridge and kettle, but no actual cooking facilities (unless take away pizza counts), but... we ended up in a two room suite with loads of pot plants, two king sized beds (only bedding for one though, so I still haven't escaped Bill's snoring), loads of antique chairs and tables (not that comfy, but very swish to look at) and a plasma tv. We spent most of yesterday inside, watching MTV and wishing that while we had a decent telly, the Europeans would stop overdubbing all the English and American movies into their own language. We did discover a show called Fist of Zen though, which was hypnotic if not actually entertaining. Might have been the cheap Czech wine we got to go with the pizza. If you're curious you can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZWs3rOXM8U
Today we got a bit more active (we only had the lush room over the weekend, so we're back in a normal one now where we have to share the fridge) and we don't have any antique couches). We went down to the river and hired a peddle boat for an hour to cruise around in. It was really fun and daggy. It even got a bit exciting when Bill started making eyebrow signals at a boat of kids and we ended up having to race them up the river. As there was no obvious finish line this got a bit exhausting. It's quite a big river. Bill also almost managed to ram a guy who was having a nice relaxing time in his row boat until we showed up. There was much yelling of directions and changing course and finally as the guy started to look quite concerned we tried to slam our little peddle boat into reverse gear. I had to explain to Bill that it's not a spaceship and doesn't have reverse thrusters. He stopped being a backseat driver when I was steering after that (for five minutes at least- personal best). We're off to the concert hall in a few minutes to see a performance of Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi and some other guy.
We had another cultural experience the other night too when we went to a club that specialises in 80's and 90's music. It was a bit like being back at a blue light disco and although it was good to see versions of teh Tassie Two-step alive and well in Eastern Europe, we made the mistake of not taking our drinks onto the dance floor like everyone else, so we missed a few of the best songs. Still fun though and we did get to boogie to Black Box.
I'll put some Prague pics up soon- we forgot the download cable this time. It really is as pretty as everyone says and we're staying on a street just down from the castle, which we might attempt to climb up to tomorrow. Hope everyone's going well out there.
For anyone who's curious, it was a balmy 27 degrees today.
Time to get cultured...