Citroen Deux Chevaux, Durgendam NL & 1970 Chevrolet Hearse, Amsterdam Oud West

from Guido Goluke, Dutch translator of Kerouac's On the Road:  "The big hearse type car [AL--1970 Chevrolet] was found parked in a residential street in Amsterdam Oud West. The reflection in the rear window gives a good impresiion of Amsterdam residential architecture of the early twentieth century. The backpackers who would nog quite step out of my way are undoubtedly footmen in the growing army of tourists who book their too expensive beds via AirB&B – for their hazy ‘adventures’ in ‘fantastic’ Amsterdam. The Ugly Duckling [Citroen] was found in Durgerdam, some kilometers to the north of Amsterdam, on the banks of the former Zuiderzee, now Ijsselmeer, a sleepy little village that could just as well be a hundred miles from the milling crowds in the capital."--GG