The learning of Hiroshima.

Skiing.

Italy with friends and family.

Christmas markets.

What more could you want in a year!

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And the highlights of a great year of travel could be: The Bullet Train? The Dolomite Mountains? A week of bliss in Lake Garda? Japanese sushi? The lagoon in Venice on New Year’s Eve? The Peace Park in Hiroshima? Listen to find out Kevin’s travel highlights in 2025!

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Kevin and yoga instructor Robyn Fitzpatrick share their stories about how they fell in love with this unique practice while travelling. 

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Did you know that yoga-themed hols are about to become a trillion-dollar industry worldwide, and the numbers are mindblowing! Kevin sits down with yoga instructor extraordinaire Robyn Fitzpatrick to discuss where in the world to go to join the Yoga party!   
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One day, I’m browsing vintage cars with my writing pal Alan Bruton, getting the full cold-shoulder treatment from salesmen who could smell my poverty from twenty paces. The next day, we stroll back in with retired F1 legend Eddie Irvine — four Grand Prix wins, ’99 championship runner-up, ex-Ferrari firebrand — and suddenly an unmentionable part of my anatomy is being so enthusiastically kissed I nearly threw up.

But hey… that’s Hollywood, and I realised in a flash that I’m certainly no celeb!

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Kevin visits Hollywood and finds it is pure madness — a sunburned circus where dreams, delusions, and desperate ambition all sweat together under the same neon glow.

One minute you’re sipping overpriced iced coffee beside a screenwriter who swears their script will “change cinema,” and the next you’re dodging tour buses, hustlers, and starlets rehearsing tears outside casting rooms.

Everything feels loud, glittery, unhinged, a place where fame is currency, reality bends, and everyone’s waiting for their big break… or pretending they already had one. “And I loved it!” says Kevin.

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Yoga at the Philadelphia Museum of Art — A Moment of Stillness in a Monument to Motion

If you’ve ever watched Rocky sprint up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art — those famous “Rocky Steps” — you already know how much energy this building holds before you even walk inside. But what most visitors don’t realise is that the museum also offers something completely opposite in spirit: regular yoga sessions held in some of its most atmospheric spaces.

The classes run on selected weekend mornings and some weekday evenings, part of the museum’s “Wellness at the Museum” programme. They’re open to all levels — locals, travelers, seasoned yogis, and absolute beginners. Mats are provided, but most people bring their own, rolling them out on polished stone floors surrounded by centuries of art.

Depending on the season, the class might take place in the Great Stair Hall, where marble columns rise like a modern cathedral and sunlight pours in through high windows, or in one of the stiller side galleries — sometimes even in the medieval section, where relics and architectural fragments from 12th and 13th-century European churches form the backdrop. Imagine holding Warrior II beneath the vaulted ribs of a transplanted Gothic arch, or settling into savasana as soft light washes across ancient stone saints.

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Philly is known for many things, but for Kevin, its art and incredible art museums rival anything Europe has to offer. Here, he takes you on a guided tour. 

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One of the most beautiful segments along the Via Francigena. The trail departs in San Gimignano and, after several hills, reaches Molino d’Aiano, a rest stop along the Sigerico Trail.The path continues onward towards Badia a Coneo, Gracciano, and then to Strove, where hikers can visit a small Romanesque church. Then the trail passes the wonderful architectural structure of Abbadia in Isola before reaching Monteriggioni, one of the few old medieval towns in Italy to still have all its intact city walls and towers. Water and hotels are available only in urban areas.

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The Via Francigena is a medieval pilgrimage route stretching from Canterbury, England, to Rome, crossing France, Switzerland, and Italy. According to Kevin, it is one of the best alternatives to the Camino. It’s quieter, more varied, and has deeper medieval roots. If you want something meaningful without the crowds, it’s a standout.

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