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.
Dom Pérignon and the Birth of Champagne
As cellar master at the Benedictine Abbey of Hautvillers, Dom Pérignon was instrumental in development of clear, bubbly, cork-popping Champagne.
On a Train from Paris to Rome
One of these days we'll get around to making a real video for "On a Train from Paris to Rome" -- music by Jordan Zell, lyrics by Gary Lee Kraut -- but in the meantime you can watch and listen to a practice performance of the song by Jordan Zell and Yuri Stolov at the Putin Bar in Jerusalem in November 2009.
Junior Year Abroad: English as a Second Language
During junior year abroad, Kim Sotman abandons Paris for London for the weekend to reaccustom her ear to English, though it's far cry from the English she knows.
The Dutch Golden Age: A History Lesson Through Art
You might wonder why I haven’t chosen a painting by Rembrandt or Vermeer to illustrate an article about an exhibit entitled The Dutch Golden Age,...
A Brilliant Obsession: Color at the Marmottan Monet, Black at the Pompidou
The Marmottan Monet Museum is one of the undervisited glories of the museumscape of Paris, no doubt due to its location toward the western...
This is a linden
The linden, le tilleul, has for centuries been a favored tree of European cityscapes, most famously along Berlin’s Under der Linden, which leads from...
Destination Brittany, final part (5): The return home
Destination Brittany, travels with Henri, part 5: In which Henri and I kiss our host good-bye, visit Dinan and speed back to Paris.
Patricia’s Casual Cooking Class in the Town of Versailles
The Town of Versailles is often ignored by those visiting the Palace of Versailles. That’s understandable in that the palace, the gardens, and the...
Prizewinning project “anima” at the French Institute
Jean-François Spricigo, the 2008 winner of the Prix de Photographie by the French Académie des Beaux-Arts, says that he learned photography during night walks with his dog. If so then, anima, the exhibit of his work at the Institut de France, is as personal for him as it is haunting for the viewer.