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A couples massage in the Jordaan on the nights around a cruise
The Jordaan is the neighbourhood of narrow streets, small canals and courtyard gardens just west of the canal ring. Couples who want a village feel on the nights around a cruise often stay there, and its small hotels and rented rooms suit an evening session well.
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The Jordaan began as a working district outside the grand canals and has become one of the most charming quarters of the city: small canals, lanes of narrow houses, hidden courtyards, cafés with old wooden interiors and a market on the square by the church. It is a short walk from the central station and the old centre. A couples massage in the Jordaan on the night before a sailing or the night after makes the most of a stay there.
Small hotels, rented rooms
The Jordaan has few large hotels. Most couples stay in small hotels, guesthouses or rented rooms and apartments above shops. Every one of those is an address like any other, as long as the two of you hold it for the night. The building, though, needs describing: a street door with several bells, a staircase, perhaps a code. Put all of that in the thread before the evening.
Quiet lanes, thin walls
The streets of the Jordaan are quiet after dark, but the houses are old and close together, and sound carries between rooms. Keep voices low and the television off during the session, and choose a room at the back if you have a choice. The canal house page covers the stairs and the small rooms these buildings share.
The walk to the terminal
From most of the Jordaan, the passenger quay is a walk through the old centre or a short taxi ride along the water. On a boarding morning with large cases, the taxi is wiser. Allow for it when working back from the boarding hour, and keep the session before a sailing to ninety minutes, started early. The note on the embarkation evening explains the sum.
An evening in the neighbourhood
The Jordaan suits an early dinner in one of its small restaurants, a short walk along the canals, and a session back in the room. After the voyage, it suits a longer evening, with nothing scheduled the next morning and the bells of the church tower marking the hours outside.
Booking it
Write with the date, the address, the hour and the length, and whether you want one therapist or two. Name a woman from the roster if one appeals. Once the hour is agreed she arrives forty to sixty minutes later, as she would anywhere in the centre.