The only thing about driving in France that I remember is a local telling me that the speed limit signs were "for example" only... which is why some folks go 40 (km/h) and some 140, on a highway with 100 as the posted limit.

I've traveled in Europe AS the child, and the main thing I remember taking the boredom out of all those churches was trying to figure out who the saints were by seeing how they were martyred. Great quiz stuff... and as a parent who has now traveled with children, do a lot of zoos and aquariums and suchlike. Amusement parks. One child thing traded for one parent thing, worked for us... enjoy!