If this van's a-rockin,

Don' come knockin'

Couldn't resist blipping this VW microbus. Even though they always break down, they offer no crash protection, and they mark you as a hippie, they have poetic majesty. Admit it: wouldn't you like to turtle around in one of these?

Once we parked one in a square in Paris late at night. When we awoke in the morning we were surrounded by the flower market and couldn't move. So we went for coffee and croissants.