I am a firm believer in "you learn something new everyday" and the day I went to Monaco was no exception. Of course this day I learnt probably the most general knowledge trivial pursuit question ever asked of "is Monaco a separate country?" and to my surprise "Yes … it's the second smallest country in the world."

About a half an hour bus ride out of Nice, Monaco certainly had a different vibe to its neighbouring country France. The cars, the yachts, the coffees - this was a place for the rich but not famous. People richer than celebrities just living their life like normal - driving to the supermarket in soft-top convertible Rolls Royce cars. People just sailing their incredible "Wolf of Wall St" style yachts out for the day. People just spending the equivalent of $18 AUD on two mediocre small cappuccinos across the road from the Monte Carlo casino (as we soon experienced.) Or maybe all the people at this café were tourists just waiting to be ripped off - actually no - that seemed to be the standard Monaco price for a coffee.

It was just incredible to imagine the lifestyle that some people that live here have. It's another level of wealth that I can never see me even coming close to. And it just seems to be so casually normal to drive Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Maseratis, Bentleys and Rolls Royces around these streets. I swear I've never seen so many expensive cars in the same place in my life.

We walked in to the famous Monte Carlo Casino however it was during the day and full of removalists and businessmen so I imagine it to be a hell of a lot more exciting come evening time. All up we spent like 3 hours or so in Monaco just walking around mainly people-watching, making it the shortest amount of time I've ever spent exploring a country, overtaking the seven hours in Switzerland. But I'm happy I went because like I said - it really just lets your imagination run wild! I imagined what it would be like to be a teenage girl in Monte Carlo - like do the kids drive to school in convertibles and all compare Gucci sunglasses and LV handbags? What types of birthday presents do they get? What do their parents actually do for a living or is most of the wealth stemming from inheritance from past royalty? When I think of an insanely wealthy person in Mexico I immediately stereotype to drug lord or some time of dodgy correspondence but who knows how these people are so wealthy in Monaco. It can't all be from hard work … Can it?

Catch you on the flip side!