Gary Lee Kraut
Gary Lee Kraut is the editor of France Revisited and an award-winning travel writer. As a long-time specialist on travel and touring in France, he has become the go-to contact for individual travelers and travel agents seeking personalized travel advice and customized tours in Paris and throughout France. See the About the Editor tab at the top of this page for his complete bio.
Not Exactly a Restaurant Review of Quai Ouest in Saint-Cloud
This is not exactly a restaurant review of Quai Ouest, a Seine-side restaurant just west of Paris in Saint-Cloud, now owned by Valerie Thomas-Colin. Saint-Cloud very much
Cupcake Camp Promises to Be Even Sweeter This Year
Now that Restaurant Week and Gastronomy Days have ended in France, it’s time to remind ourselves that:
- there’s more to life than the Food...
Barefoot by the Mediterranean: Sun, Rocks, Water
Va-nu-pieds, the Barefoot Photographer, returns to us from the south of France after feeling the sun, the rocks and the water of the Riviera with...
Spotlight on the National and Religious Cultural Centers of Paris
Paris beyond French culture: a look at the Irish, British, Swedish, Russian and Polish cultural centers and other national and religious centers throughout the capital.
The Fall 2011 Schedule of Major Art Exhibitions in Paris, a Ritual of Redemption
Wearing the last vestiges of their summer tan, Parisians re-enter the hallow grounds of the Louvre, the Grand Palais, the Orsay and other such temples of culture and art.
France Commemorates 9/11 with Eiffel Tower as Backdrop
With the Eiffel Tower as backdrop France commemorated the 10th anniversary of the 911 attacks on the United States by the Islamist Fundamentalist network al-Qaida.
Tasted, Tested in Le Bourbonnais: Saint Pourcain Wines, Auvergne Cheeses, Charolais Beef
In which the author visits Le Bourbonnais, a little-known area of central France in the department of Allier within the region of Auvergne, encounters local cheeses, Charolais beef and Saint Pourcain wines, and gets smart by sticking his head in a saint's tomb.
In Transit: The Route to Shangri-La
In this prequel to a bar, restaurant and hotel review, the author encounters an Italian, three Kazakhstanis and an impatient French woman on the route to Shangri-La.
A Review of the 5-Star Shangri-La Hotel in Paris
Considerations on the location, the decor and the Eiffel Tower views of the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris, a 5-star hotel in the 16th arrondissement, including tea in the lounge, a drink at the bar and dinner in one of its three restaurants.