Well done Whirly,
just about to do my own first trip to France, but hopefully will have the good wife to help with nav etc.
I've got the TP articles stashed away for reference as well, very useful I think.
I also think 2D's comments were made with the best of intentions even if it didn't come across that way.
I noticed that the Notam that 2D included in his post was in French. A question therefore for anyone in the know. Are these notams available in English (Whilst in France) and if so where from if the Internet is not available?