Drove back to Assisi to film the main walk, starting at 12:25 near the Basilica. It went well until I tried to come back through the main piazza and got blocked — turns out the festival required a ticket. I waited about an hour along the barricade thinking I could at least film the procession, but when it finally started, I was not in a position to film anything worth while.

Back in Perugia, I swapped gear and went out to film the vintage car show, the Coppa della Perugina: A Journey Through History and Passion. The first hour was shot on manual focus by mistake, so we'll see how it turned out. I then filmed an evening walk with the cars still parked along the route. Finished the night with pizza, fries and a beer on the main street — only 20.50 euro. 26,525 steps.

Drove back to Assisi in the morning to finish the walk I got blocked from on Saturday. It was raining, but I got it done and also filmed the underground. From there I drove to Rome, turned in the rental car, and checked into my hotel. Took an hour nap, then went out for Chinese food — fried rice, noodles, and chicken. Early night. 10,016 Steps

Started the day with breakfast at the hotel, then jumped on a bike and filmed an hour-long ride through Rome. From there I rode out to the Appian Way and filmed the full 7-mile walk down the ancient road — took the train back for 1.50 euro. The weather and traffic had improved so much by afternoon that I decided to re-film the entire bike ride from scratch. In the evening I went out with the Sony to film a walk starting at the Rose Garden, around the Colosseum, and back up to the Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore near my hotel — but when I reviewed it later I realized something had been on the lens the entire time. The whole walk is unusable. Salvaged the night with a gelato and fries. :) 30,765 Steps.

So, over 12 days, I walked 273,613 steps for an average of about 22,000 per day. I think the ghost town of Celleno was my favorite stop on the trip. I never had a chance to go back and fly my drone there unfortunately. It was raining on the day I planned to go back.The car show in Perugia was also a lot of fun to film. I pretty much ate pizza and gelato every day, and the occasional Chinese food. I am not sure how many hours of video I filmed, but I have about 3.7 TB of new files to transfer over to my server. I filmed everything on my original list except for Nari, which was supposed to be on May 10th, but it was raining and I also had to finish up the incomplete Assisi walk.

At the moment, I don't have any official plans for another trip. I may go somewhere again in June. In July, my family and I are going to Italy for a month to visit old friends, swim and eat our favorite foods. I'd like to go somewhere in September, but I don't have any plans for then either. If you have any suggestions, please let me know!

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