The author found in his attic a dusty notebook. It was a hand-written account of a trip he made with one of his friends, to Rome in 1950, over sixty years ago. They ware seventeen then, without money, so they hitchhiked all the way. had a few cents, and hitchhiked all the way. This is a story of excitement, laughter, love and at times danger. Ah, to be young again.