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.
Sometimes, when nature calls…
Sometimes, when the weather’s nice and I feel nature calling, I’ll take the RER out of the city, not too far, a half-hour ride west from the center of Paris. Actually, it isn't nature calling but a friend of mine who lives out there.
“An Hour From Paris” (I saw a red squirrel there)
A review of An Hour from Paris by Annabel Simms, a guide to daytrips from Paris within an hour of the city.
A cheese picnic near Utah Beach
What's the best way to get to known four famous Norman cheeses—Camembert de Normandie, Livarot, Neufchatel, and Pont-l’Eveque? A cheese picnic. And if you're in...
Grandparenting Abroad: When You’re Old Enough I’ll Take You to Paris
Six important points of advice for fulfilling intergenerational travels, particularly for grandparents interested in traveling to Paris with a grandchild.
Photolog: An Excursion into Normandy
A photolog of a 3-day stay in Normandy, destination the Landing Zone, for a D-Day tour including stops at Pegasus Bridge, Juno Beach, Arromanches, Bayeux, the La Cambe German Cemetery, Sainte Mere Eglise, Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach and the Normandy American Cemetery.
Pizza Envy: A Tale of Two Hoods
It’s too much to expect Paris to have great pizza, too, yet decent single-serving, thin-crust pizza can be found in many residential neighborhoods in...
Following in Annabel Simms’ footsteps (I saw a magpie there)
Annabel Simms’ “An Hour from Paris” is an eye-opening guide to lesser known towns and villages within an easy train ride for daytrips from Paris....
Royal Chapel of Vincennes Reopens After 9 years
Far less known than the Sainte Chapelle in Paris is France's other great Sainte Chapelle of France, the royal chapel at the Chateau de Vincennes, which reopened on May 13, 2009, after nine years of restoration.
Republican U.S. Senator Declares an End to Freedom Fries
May 2009--Republican U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee declared an end to Freedom Fries last week when he converted to Francophilia.
On April 25 Senator...