Bonnie

The second month of a long stay is often the flat one: the city is no longer new, work has taken over, and the evenings begin to repeat. Bonnie, who lives in the Jordaan, is booked a great deal in that stretch. She is twenty-five and blonde, and English, Russian or Ukrainian will each do for the few words needed at the door. Tantra is her usual format, slow and built around breathing, which suits ninety minutes better than an hour. She states what she includes at the start and holds to it.

Bonnie decides which bookings she takes and may decline any of them; she sets the limits for what a session includes, says what they are, and may end a visit at any point, as the terms set out.