Getting to Provence. A trip from Paris to Provence only takes a couple of hours on the TGV (High Speed Train). TGV trains are very convenient and depart either from downtown Paris or Paris CDG Airport and take you to central Provence in Avignon, Southern Provence in Aix-en-Provence or Marseille.
You don't break a hymen.    The hymen is tissue surrounding the vaginal opening, it is flexible  so can stretch to allow penetration without tearing-the hymen can  tear if it is wide, delicate, or if penetration is either rough or  forced, but it does not 'break'.
I am (still!) a virgin and have a question about the hymen. I know mine is not entirely intact, because I did a lot of horseback riding as a child. But as I'm not a tampon-user (nor wish to become one), I'm not exactly sure how painful intercourse will be, for the first time, nor what will happen to the hymen.