I left Long Beach, California on 9/20-03 and flew to Rome, Italy to visit my friend Steve Martin who sailed his boat "Music" across the Atlantic last June from The Virgin Islands to Fiumicino, Italy. I spent the first five days of my trip aboard "Music" and took a Metro train into Rome several days to see the sights. We then travelled by car through Tuscany to Cinque Terre and on to Venice. From Venice we took a train to Prague, Czech Rep. Further postings of my trip will follow.