Update 1: Welcome to Fordmouth!
Update 1: Welcome to Fordmouth!
On the first leg of our trans-national trek, our plane lands at King Daniel International Airport, one of the first international airports built in Grand. Despite its heavy usage, it only has one runway - and due to the city having expanded greatly in the decades since it was built, adding more is no longer an option. Thus, plans are being made for a new, larger airport to be built elsewhere sometime in the near future.
After exiting from the airport terminal, we're greeted by an array of Shaydian-made Pegadyne Artificial Trees, a revolutionary new technology designed to clear the air of pollutants in much the same way as a tree does - supposedly, one Artificial Tree is enough to do the work of fifty natural ones.
Heading down the avenue...
Welcome to Fordmouth!
Until the early 1950s, this gap in the walls was filled by a grandiose gateway dating back to the late eighteenth century. It, along with several other historic buildings (including a 16th-century chapel) was demolished in 1952 to make way for the Fordmouth segment of the planned Trans-Grand Highway. Fortunately for the Old Town, the demolitions never got much further than that, as the project was cancelled due to budgetary constraints the following year.
Right into the early twentieth century, the Old Town was still a major commercial and residential hub for the city. Now serving as a living museum, remarkably fewer people live or work here, but a sizeable number yet remains within the walls.
As night falls across the city, we'll be spending the night in this hotel - a refurbished 18th-century pub - before setting out to explore more of the city tomorrow.
Coming up next: Exploring Fordmouth, Part One
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