I stopped off for a day in Monaco because it is a country and I wanted to rack up my country list. The hostel I stayed in was a medium size house and had a nice backyard with a view of the city. On my day there I walked around and didn't find a pedestrian center. I went to a Mcdonalds and paid 8 bucks for the Big Mac meal. I decided that Monaco was the most expensive place in Europe and that I should get all my food at the super market. I went to a supermarket and got some stuff including a grapefruit. When cashier saw my grapefruit I remembered that I had to weigh the fruit myself in France, so I grabbed it to take it back again, and she said ''un pies'', and I said, ''what?'', and she repeated herself and I said ''what?'', and then she got fuming mad and screamed at me in english: "You pay for it by the piece!!!" I remember thinking to: "ok, this country is independent, but these people are French".

After that I went to do a tour of the aquarium because it had a reputation for being really good, and it was. It had a lot of really colorful fish, but the most impressive thing I saw there was a real live reef. It didn't look like a rock at all like they do when they are dead, but was flowing like a colorful wig. The aquarium was in the kings old castle so I did a tour of it also. I stepped outside on the balcony and listened to part of a tour a woman was giving in English. At one point I remember her bringing to attention some hot construction workers across the way. I remember thinking that was a cool thing about French women.

That night I went to the casino with some Australian kids, but they were too young to go in, so I stayed with them and had some drinks on the pier.

I left the next day for Italy.

I wouldn't recommend visiting Monaco unless you like gambling. There's nothing there except big buildings and boats.