So yesterday I hopped onto Amtrak – yes, it’s still operational – and headed out on the 2-hour journey to Sacramento, state capital of California. “Why?” you ask. Good question. For an informal job interview. Decent little agency, but not for me.
Anyway, the city is not at all what I would have thought it to be. First off, it’s actually quite beautiful. It’s got this big town feel to it, it’s located right on the Sacramento River and after Paris, it has the highest number of trees in a city anywhere in the world.
The Swiss can be attributed to many things: watches, chocolate, the Alps. And Sacramento. Yes, this little city was started up by a Swiss immigrant by the name of Johannes Augustus Sutter – who claimed Mexican citizenship in order to be awarded a land title.
Although famous throughout California for his association with the Gold Rush, the poor bloke ironically died practically penniless, having seen his business ventures fail. And when gold was discovered in 1848, the rush of people to Sacramento and its surrounding areas was recorded as the largest human migration in history.
An interesting piece of trivia for you.
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