I was taking a road trip through the Balkans. By the time I reached Montenegro, I had visited Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. I had heard the stories of war, the stories of resilience and the stories of hope. I was excited to be visiting Montenegro, small but mighty. A little history // Montenegro is the smallest Slavic country and is one of the newest countries in the world. It declared its independence from Serbia in 2006. Nothing about the Balkan history is straight forward. State boundaries have changed continuously over the years. Since WW1 alone Montenegro has gone through seven incarnations. It is believed that Montenegro got its…