The lastminute.com ladies feel the buzz in Amora – The Academy of Sex and Relationships
When someone tells you a new theme park is opening in the heart of London, it’s not a very surprising reaction to jump off your swivel seat and exclaim “Oh boy oh boy, me first for the rollercoaster, race you down there!!!” Of course, when the new theme park is featuring nothing but sex, the fact that there aren’t any “rides” doesn’t seem so important. After all, one visit to the £7m Amora – The Academy of Sex and Relationships, and you’ll probably be ready to create some rides of your own. (ahem)
Always keen to learn a few more skills, Becky, Koulla and Amy trekked on over to the Trocadero last week to represent womankind in the name of pleasure, and to see exactly what’s been sending hearts a-flutter all over town. To be honest, we’re not normally prudes, but seven zones by such names as Pleasure and Orgasm, various videos documenting certain “acts” and a wall of manly parts sticking out further than the arms of the office coat-rack was enough to make even the most seasoned of sexperts blush.
Headphones accompanied our tour with the option of further explanations as to the exhibits – mostly wall panels with facts, figures and some pretty explicit videos. A soothing female voice informed us how to flirt, how to discover erogenous zones, how to recognise when someone fancies us, and how to get the message when they don’t. (It’s a cruel world, ladies). Koulla got a kick out of the option choosing her perfect man with the aid of a touch screen series of blokes, all with different features and charms. Unfortunately, having scrolled through them all, the options weren’t enough for her – she’s a picky cow.
The Orgasm tunnel is not the ideal place to linger if you’re on a date. Especially your firs
t date. Your potential boyfriend will either be embarrassingly turned on or run from the building screaming in fear of your almighty expectations. Well, the video wall of scrunched up ‘ecstatic’ faces isn’t everyone’s cup of tea – and neither is the moaning, groaning soundtrack as you’re reading exactly what your body goes through in that moment of ‘YES, YES, YES!’
If the exhibition’s left you needy, there’s everything you need in the sexy shop, situated quite handily by the exit. Vibrators, whips, games for your love chamber, a saucy corset selection and enough lubes and lotions to render you more slippery than a wet goldfish – they’re all there waiting for your own personal pleasure.
As one intrigued colleague shouted out when we informed the office where we were off to – “Can I come?” Well, to be quite honest, if you spend enough time in Amora, you probably can.
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Posted by: VAndronichuk | 05/05/2007 at 11:44 AM