As a meta-generator for flight plans, I sometimes take inspiration from the current picture displayed as my Windows background (which uses Bing Images 'natch). Today showed a great view of the Italian town of Verruchio, which is just inland of the Adriatic Coast. What I didn’t know was it was just northwest of San Marino, an independent republic landlocked inside Italy. TIL! The nearest airport appeared to be Frederico Fellini (named after the famous Director) LIPR. And for yuks and gigles I chose to not use the GPS, instead, leveraging my lessons for cross-country techniques partly learned in the sim, circling around to pass over the airport mid-field so I could take my first heading correctly to the republic.
After overflying the three castles, the flight plan continued South - it was a bumpy ride over the hilly region - I turned East over Lake Trasimeno as a VFR POI and landed at San Egidio. It’s little trips like this that remind you how well the sim does at recreating the world.