picnic and paddleboats

The weather has been so nice the last few weeks, though we did get a pretty good rain today -- even some hail! But the weather was sunny and perfect yesterday, so we packed up a lunch and went down for a picnic on one of the islands in the river. After lunch we decided to rent a paddleboat and cruise along the river for a bit. Since summer has arrived, so have the tourists, and paddleboats appear to be a popular activity. But even with lots of people on the water there was still plenty of space and we only had one small bumper-boat experience -- some crazy people steered straight into us. We took some bread along and found a family of ducks who quickly became our friends and followed us for a while. We were limited to one section of the river because of the weirs, but we were able to get a great view of the castle, Charles Bridge, the National Theater, the Fred and Ginger building and Vysehrad.
There are some more pictures on the picasa site.