And radio 107.7 is autoroute radio. Music, news and traffic info. (Traffic info in English). A couple of km off the autoroute and you loose that station.
Also, when travelling, keep an eye out for Les Routiers signs on hotels etc. (Centre Routier sign posts off autoroutes too). These are set up to supply truckers with a good cheap meal. Le (or is it La?) Menu will be a 3 or 4 course meal, plus a jug of house wine and coffee, for about €15 per person. It’s a limited choice menu, usually salad buffet, choice of 3 main courses, desert course, cheeses. A’ La Carte is more expensive but a much wider choice. If you have to eat a hot meal on an autoroute rest area, have your licence in your pocket. At the till declare that you’re a routier, you’ll get a discount and probably a free expresso. That won’t work if you’ve got ankle biters with you. It is quite common for drivers to take their wives on trips though.
I disagree with Toby about French coffee being horrible, unless you only like Neskaff. It isn’t as good as Italian coffee, but it’s usually pretty good.
As you speak French, I hope your ear is up to speed 
I’ve got a tiny bit of French, dredged up from what I remember of school boy, plus what I’ve picked up on the road. So ya go in, say good mornin, ask for a coffee and the reply comes back so quick you’ll miss it unless you’re up to speed. It took me months to figure out what Quatre Vent Dix (sp?) was, mainly because it went past my ear so quickly I didn’t catch what had actually been said. They then saw the totally lost/blank look on my face and translated to English for me. As I never caught what had been said in the first place, it took someone to explain the whole concept to me before I could figure out what it was 
