along the mexican border all the way to california. every trip is unique. it s a moving city. and i will be meeting some of the people who help define this unique, diverse and fascinating part of the country. horn blares. new orleans, my first port of call. right now in the middle of one of its annual street parties, the french quarter festival. jazz music plays. the area gets its name from when the french founded the city in 1718, as a strategic port on the mississippi and gulf of mexico. the spanish also ran the city, before it was bought by the us in 1803. and you can see all these
but in 1879, construction began on a transcontinental train line, that would link the newfound prosperity with the isolated far west. connecting the gulf of mexico with the pacific ocean. on this journey i ll be following the railroad that pushed the american dream along the mexican border all the way to california. every trip is unique. it s a moving city. and i will be meeting some of the people who help define this unique, diverse and fascinating part of the country. horn blares. new orleans, my first
this unique, diverse and fascinating part of the country. horn blares. new orleans, my first port of call. right now in the middle of one of its annual street parties, the french quarter festival. jazz music plays. the area gets its name from when the french founded the city in 1718, as a strategic port on the mississippi and gulf of mexico. the spanish also ran the city, before it was bought by the us in 1803. and you can see all these influences in new 0rleans world famous architecture, food and music. jazz music plays. that is new orleans
connecting the gulf of mexico with the pacific ocean. on this journey i ll be following the railroad that pushed the american dream along the mexican border all the way to california. every trip is unique. it s a moving city. and i will be meeting some of the people who help define this unique, diverse and fascinating part of the country. horn blares. new orleans, my first port of call. right now in the middle of one of its annual street parties, the french quarter festival. jazz music plays. the area gets its name from when the french founded the city in 1718, as a strategic port on the mississippi and gulf of mexico.
new orleans, my first port of call. right now in the middle of one of its annual street parties, the french quarter festival. jazz music plays. the area gets its name from when the french founded the city in 1718, as a strategic port on the mississippi and gulf of mexico. the spanish also ran the city, before it was bought by the us in 1803. and you can see all these influences in new orleans world famous architecture, food and music. jazz music plays. that is new orleans exactly how i imagined it. a brass band going down the street and a whole crowd