No experience myself, but have you looked at
http://navigeo.org/LFDX ?
Search for "cartes VAC", that will give you the official information from the local CAA, which is called DGAC.
BTW there's a quite active and helpful contributor from that region on another forum, feel free to pm for more info.
First and above all, though: polish up your French. Doing no radio at all might well be less bad than trying in English! Besides you'll need some French to have any success, later, with the restaurant waitress.