what we have ahead is new bordeaux. >> that? >> this. >> wow. that's kind of not how i pictured it. bordeaux. i'm told a small museum of artifacts. the site where the colony once briefly existed is now called something else. >> there were given money for each settler. >> perhaps there was a communication break down somewhere, and he might have told the paraguayans, i'm bringing the finest farmers france has to offer and he might have told these french men, you'll get free property, you don't have to do anything, live like kings. it's a land, just reach up into the trees and fruit and gold bars are dropping? [ dogs barking ] >> in fact, there was thrown out in the cold and say here you are. that's your land. go ahead. >> these poor french guys show up. >> right. >> lopez senior, and the government kept their side of the bargain. >> yes. >> they provided them with houses, equipment. >> tools and animals and everything. >> my aunt used to have one of these, made pressed sandwiches i think. okay, that's it. dig, grow. the settlers quickly discovered that farming is hard work and that th