Critique

BUT, if you like, your first post can be about what you told our class that you learned

over the summer – you shared some awesome, insightful, comments and observations

with me and your fellow students. Many were NOT plant-related – so, you can have a

“One thing I learned in the summer of 2016” blog post!

your posts should be 250-500 words maximum

Over this past summer I went on a Europe trip and I spent a total of 3 weeks there with my family. There I visited three countries, which included France, Poland and Italy. My first stop was Paris in which I spent a total of two days there. The first thing that we did was walk around the streets of Champs-Élysées. I was amazed to learn that the streets of Champs-Élysées was originally built in 1667 by André Le Nôtre who was a French landscape architect and the principal gardener for King Louis the 14th. The streets of Champs-Élysées were an extension of the Tuileries Garden, which was originally built during the year of 1564. This new boulevard was first known as the Grand Promenade it was placed between the palace and the modern Rond Point of France. However, it was renamed as the boulevard of Champs-Élysées in 1709. During the late the Champs-Élysées had became a fashionable avenue where the gardens of the town houses of the nobility was built. Nowadays, Champs-Élysées is known for its theatres, cafés and luxury shops, for the annual Bastille Day military parade, and as the finish of the Tour de France cycle race. Its streets ends at the Arc de Triomphe, which was built in honour the victories of Napoleon Bonaparte.