Je ne suis pas un touriste
April 2014—The announcements, invitations and press kits arrive daily in early spring, as they also do in September and then again in January, to...
Egypt and the Opera
Feb. 14, 2011. With the winds of change blowing across North Africa and the Middle East it’s only natural to notice a slight breeze...
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...
The U.S. Presidential Election and the American Overseas Voter
Paris, Oct. 27. Editorial on the upcoming American presidential election from the perspective of overseas voters.
The Paris Interlude Issue
May 2014—The search for proper balance between explorations in Paris and elsewhere in France weighs on the minds of many travelers as they plan...
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.
“Patrimoine,” French Heritage and Travel in France
In November 2012 I was elected to the administrative board of the Association des journalistes du patrimoine (AJP), France’s Heritage Journalists Association, the first foreign journalist to join the board in the association’s 10 years of existence. Exploring patrimoine/heritage in France.
Unlikely Places
July 2014—I don’t find much use for the term “off the beaten track” with regards to France. What track could possibly remain unbeaten in...
A Man’s Home May Not Be His Chateau: From Versailles to Vincennes
Château can be lazily translated as castle, but a traveler in France soon learns that there are many types of chateaux and not all are castles.