European Travel with Grandchildren – Ginger Lawrence and JoAnn Pierson
Wed, Nov 13
|12 noon BYO Lunch
Program Coordinator: JoAnn Pierson


Time & Location
Nov 13, 2024, 12:00 PM
12 noon BYO Lunch , Stearns Room, First Parish in Lincoln, 4 Bedford Rd, Lincoln
About the Event
European Travel with Grandchildren – Ginger Lawrence and JoAnn Pierson
Come join two WTC members as each describes her experience taking individual grandchildren on trips to Europe. Between 2016 and 2023, Ginger Lawrence took her five grandchildren on separate, one-on-one, four-day trips to cities in five different countries, each trip destination determined by the grandchild. All five were 10>11 years old for their trips, and their chosen cities were London, Rome, Paris, Lisbon, and Barcelona. Every morning the two of them would plan what to do that day, including visits to favorite sites in each destination – London’s Westminster Abbey, Rome’s Roman Forum, Paris’ Arc de Triomphe, Lisbon’s Henry the Navigator Monument, and Barcelona’s Gaudi Cathedral. Along the way, they learned how to read maps and to take public transportation when possible. And Ginger learned that all five had very limited tastes in food – thank heaven for pasta!
In 2010 and 2014, JoAnn…
