Refueling your car in France

Nowadays, most of the traditional "station service" have closed down. This is due to the supermarket offering gas at discounted prices (usually about 10% cheaper). Most of our gas station are now with credit card machine enabling a 24hours use of the station.
However, since we are in France these machine only accept French credit card. 
Our "Autoroute" (i;.e Highways) will have 24hours station about every  50km.

So when you need to refuel your car :
1 - Select the station by Supermarket for cheaper petrol
2 - Choose to refuel during opening hours (usually 8am to 7pm)
3 - Select the line "pay at the boot" where your credit card will be accepted
4 - Make sure you understand which gas your car will need : A sign might remind you which gas to use. If it says "diesel" you need to put "Gazole" (French translation of Gasoil). You might ask why we say Diesel when we need to refuel with Gazole. Funny French way again !

Voila, you're nearly all set for French Gas station....

Changing money in Provence

Funny that since we got to the Euros, changing currency is even worse than it was... We still could do in a few bank or at the post office (best exchange rate) but now.... it's impossible in Saint Remy de Provence. I tried to go to my bank with my friend and if I was to put foreing currencies onto my account (which luckily I still can !!!) money would only be credited within 3 days....
So be warned and get your money changed in big cities at bureau de change or at some post office (near St Remy, you can go to the post office in Arles or Aix en Provence).
Don't i love our French way of making things difficult....

Yes I am French.

Indeed I am French, I live in Provence, love my country, love my fellow French but.... What's the heck, I can come up everyday with a story that drives me nuts..... A non response to a question, a "missing paper" for the French adminstration, an "unknown road on the road direction I'm looking for. France is such a nice land but I thought I would share my experience with travellers in order for you to save time when you are around, enjoy yourself, and try to understand what "French culture" means...