The smaller nations of the world can be packed with Major League Wonders.

Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. Today's travel with Rick Steeves takes us to the impressive fjored country of Norway.

Tour guide Lisa Ryblum explains how your sense of perspective can be fooled by all the cliffs and waterways.

You almost can lose track of the scale until you spot a small cabin at the edge of the water and then you realize that is so tiny and

this cliff face is so grand and we get introduced to the tiny but Tony nation of Monaco on the French Riviera,

best known as the playground of the mega-rich.

It used to be a matter of course that peoples of means would winter in the Riviera.

But a country with more members in its orchestra than in its army

has got to have some interesting people to meet.

Yes, I think you would be surprised.

They're very, very nice people and very down to earth.

Monaco, Fyord country, and listener tales of surprising travel faux pop.

It's in the hour ahead on Travel with Rick Steves.

We'll look at touring ideas for visiting the famous fjords of Norway and check in with

listeners with more stories of Travel Fopah they unwittingly committed while overseas, coming

up in just a bit today on Travel with Rick Steeves.

Let's start with a look at one of the world's most famous tax shelters for the rich.

The glitzy reputation of the sovereign city state that we know of as the Principality of Monaco has been fed by its famous casinos, the

Grand Prix Auto Race, and even James Bond movies.

Monaco can be a fascinating bonus to your travels along the French Riviera. To introduce us to the sites are tour guides

Hilbrin Bize and Gaeel Pacheco Baez who incidentally were married there just one

year ago.

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