The Snow Goose Returns to Dunkirk
"Though I hadn’t reread The Snow Goose in many years, I realized that it had been a part of my life for more than 80 years. Yet I had never been to Dunkirk, even though it’s only about 180 miles northwest of Paris. I felt a sudden desire—no, a need—to go there."
A Brittany Tale: The Fright
Being alone on a boat at sea after a warm embrace on the quay carried with it the thrill of solitary freedom and possibility. I stood at the stern by the fluttering French flag watching Dinard fall away, then turned to Saint Malo with its central steeple poking out from the uniform mass of the town.
You know you live in Paris when… You don’t
You don't live in Paris anymore. You now live at the center of a nameless territory with a radius of one kilometer, legally circumscribed by coronavirus confinement. If you were to give that territory a name, it would be your own.
Still Life in Paris, Inspired by Notre-Dame
You’re at your desk 24 hours after the outset of the fire at Notre-Dame, after being up much of the previous night, first having dinner with a friend, then standing in silence on Ile Saint Louis watching the blaze peter out, then speaking and texting with family and friends six time zones away, then ...
Editor of France Revisited Lectures in NJ and PA
France Revisited's Gary Lee Kraut, who grew up in Lawrence and Ewing, NJ, will return to the Mercer County (NJ), Bucks County (PA) area in February for a series of lectures and special events about travel, wine, biking, Jewish history and American war sights in France.
France Revisited Newsletter: The Inauguration Issue
Dear Friends and Fellow Travelers, January 19, 2017. We gather here today to recognize and affirm our place in the world. We gather not to walk lock-step towards a single destination, but to wherever our interests, whims and desires may lead us, without willful harm to others. Where are we? Let us consider:
France Revisited Contributor Wins Foreign Press Award
France Revisited congratulates travel writer and faithful contributor Corinne LaBalme for receiving one of the top journalism awards given by the Association de la Presse...
CNN, Reddit and Getting Embed with The New York Times
On January 11, the day of the massive march that followed the terrorist attacks, news networks set up shop on Place de la République, the square whose central statue became one of the unofficial memorials for the attacks. CNN was among those networks. Visiting the square in the evening as the crowd dispersed, I came across...
April newsletter: Lost notebooks, found pages
I have two bad habits with respect to my writing. 1. I don’t immediately type up my notes. 2. I lose my notebooks. So how to deal with a notebook thief?