Cruise Planners - Sherri Simmons

08/19/2026

More Malaga wonders. Europe Rocks 6/27

08/19/2026

Join our Europe Rocks group- here!!!!!

08/18/2026

I think this may be a bucket list place!

08/13/2026

It’s a beautiful city

07/23/2026

Sagrada Família. A WOW experience

These stained-glass windows are inside the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, on the Nativity side of the basilica, and their colors were not chosen by accident.

Gaudí set the rule before he died in 1926, decades before this part of the nave was even built: morning light on this side, facing east, should pass through blue and green glass, evoking dawn and new life, matching the birth of Christ carved into the facade just outside this wall.

On the opposite side of the building, behind the Passion facade, the glass turns warm instead: reds, oranges and golds for the afternoon sun, echoing sacrifice and fire. Same basilica, two completely different moods depending on which side you're standing on and what time you show up.

The glass itself was designed by Joan Vila-Grau, a Catalan painter and master glazier who started the project in 1999 and spent more than twenty years finishing it, working from Gaudí's original notes rather than inventing his own scheme.

Time it right and the effect gets stronger. Around the summer solstice, morning sun lines up almost perfectly with these Nativity side windows, throwing pools of blue and green light across the columns and floor. The same thing happens on the Passion side around the winter solstice, but in fiery red.

07/17/2026

June 2027

06/27/2026

My favorite city

Barcelona, the City of Dragons.

In this city, dragons are everywhere — on rooftops, gates, fountains, balconies, and hidden corners you might pass without noticing. Some are linked to the legend of Sant Jordi, Catalonia’s patron saint, while others were added simply to surprise, impress, or decorate.

That is what makes Barcelona so special: even its dragons have different personalities.

One may guard a palace, another may crown a modernist masterpiece, and another may have once stood outside a shop, doing nothing more than attracting the eye of passersby.

Barcelona doesn’t just tell stories through monuments. It tells them through symbols, and few symbols are as powerful, mysterious, and unforgettable as the dragon.

06/11/2026

A hotel room is nice. Sleeping in a Scottish castle is a story you’ll tell for years. Let me help you tell it.

05/21/2026

Venice really does look like a postcard… even when you’re standing there thinking, “There’s no way this place is real.” 🇮🇹✨

Between hidden canals, gondolas gliding by, and views around every corner, Venice has a way of slowing you down and making you look twice.

This is exactly why I love helping people experience Europe beyond the “checklist” moments — the magic is often in the wandering. ❤️🛶



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