(top) Santa Monica Mayor Ken Genser talks with Jan Tucek, who hails from the Czech Republic and just completed his two-week drive along Route 66 on Sunday, May 10, 2009, at the Santa Monica Visitors Center Kiosk. Mayor Genser was welcoming guests in celebration of National Travel and Tourism Week which emphasizes social and cultural benefits created by travel and tourism. (above) Mayor Ken Genser welcomes Steve Bennecke and his wife Barbara, who just drove in from San Bernardino along Route 66 on Sunday.