{"id":4132,"date":"2026-04-26T22:10:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/?p=4132"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:10:52","slug":"a-visit-to-emma-in-paris-via-prague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/?p=4132","title":{"rendered":"A visit to Emma in Paris via Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is Emma\u2019s last semester in Paris, so Matthew and I wanted to visit her one more time before she comes home in mid-June. Since we\u2019ve been to Paris before, we thought it would be fun to add another nearby country to the trip. Originally, we planned on Portugal, but since Emma had already been there, we switched our destination to Prague.<\/p>\n

Getting to Prague turned out to be a bit complicated. We booked through United, but the final leg\u2014from Frankfurt to Prague\u2014was with Lufthansa. Unfortunately, Lufthansa went on strike the day of our flight. United said they would reroute us but never did, so we had to book a same day flight from Frankfurt to Prague ourselves. It\u2019s only about a 60-minute flight, but because of the timing and it being one-way, the tickets cost $485 each! We arrived about three hours later than planned, but at least we avoided an overnight stay in Frankfurt. Melanie had already been in Paris with Emma for a week, so the two of them flew to Prague together.<\/p>\n

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Prague is a beautiful city rich in history. On our first day, we went on a food tour. One thing we noticed\u2014the Czech diet doesn\u2019t include many green vegetables. Most dishes are variations of brown and white. The food was decent\u2014nothing I\u2019d go out of my way to have again, but I\u2019m glad we tried it.<\/p>\n

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On day two, we did an electric scooter city tour, which was a lot of fun. We learned quite a bit about the city and its history. For example, Prague was once the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, and it\u2019s home to the oldest working astronomical clock, built in 1410.<\/p>\n

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Day three started early with a 5:20 a.m. flight back to Paris. The flight was smooth, and we still had a full day to enjoy the city. We spent three days shopping, sightseeing, and had a wine tasting plus enjoying some fantastic meals. We had escargot and foie gras every day\u2014sometimes twice a day! As you can see in the photos, the food presentation in Paris is far more visually appealing than in Prague.<\/p>\n

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Of course, the highlight of the trip was spending time with Emma. She\u2019s truly living her best life, traveling around Europe almost every month. Since moving there in late August, she\u2019s visited Rome (three times), Florence, Venice, Interlaken (plus two other Swiss cities), Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Munich, London, Bath, Bruges, Santorini, Athens, Madrid, Valencia, and Seville.<\/p>\n

It was a short trip\u2014too short for the distance traveled\u2014but work has been busy, and I couldn\u2019t take more time off. Matthew and I flew home from Paris, while Melanie headed to Nice to meet a friend for a week. She\u2019ll return to Paris for a few more days before heading home.<\/p>\n

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It was great seeing Emma so happy and in her element. She travels well and loves Paris. It will be bittersweet for her to leave in June, but thankfully her French boyfriend, Hugo, lives nearby and is there for her.<\/p>\n

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This was my third trip to Paris. It\u2019s unlikely I\u2019d return anytime soon\u2014there are too many other places to explore\u2014but since Paris is Melanie\u2019s \u201chappy place,\u201d I suspect I\u2019ll be back sooner than I think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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