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.
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On being the press
The other day I invited my mother to come with me to visit the Philadelphia Art Museum and the city’s Rodin Museum. She was...
Croissants and more at Johnny’s Take Out
Having a croissant at a gas station food shake in New Jersey, isn't that everyone's travel dream? It was mine while on a break from life in Paris and travel in France.
Dunkin’ Donuts and that cute little village in the Loire Valley
An New Jersey intersection with a Dunkin' Donuts, a Lukoil gas station, a 7-11, three barbershops and a laundromat is the American equivalent of a café in a village in the Loire Valley.
Organic wines and good food at Les Fines Gueules
There are wine bars of atmosphere where you go to be a part of a crowd and there are wine bars of knowledge where...
Van Dyck Portraits at the Jacquemart-André Museum
Nov. 2008 -- Paris has pulled out all the stops to examine how Picasso looked at and dialogued with the greats that preceded him: Picasso and...
Armistice Day, November 11
The French aren't big flag wavers, but the blue white and red comes out proudly on Armistice Day (November 11), V-E Day (May 8)...
Post-Election Haircut in Paris
Five days after Barack Obama was elected president I went to get a haircut. There were no other customers in the shop, odd for a...
On becoming a pundit
In the Food & Drink section of this site I note that traveling in France turns everyone into a food critic. In the same...