Herceg Novi — Bound To Go Back
The town of Herceg Novi is a place you can’t just visit once, somehow it binds you to come back, again and again.
My parents were born in a country that doesn’t exist anymore — Yugoslavia. The country comprised six sovereign countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. She was a perfect blend of best qualities that each country possessed.
I used to spend every summer in a Montenegrin seaside town Herceg Novi — and I loved every minute.
My grandfather, who was born in the tiny village of Bijela, in the northern part of Montenegro, was a partisan. After the war, he and many others were given free land by the seaside. My grandfather, proud highlander as he was, choose to build a house further away, up in the hills, just above the town of Herceg Novi.
As a child and a teenager I used to get upset with my grandpa’s choice as the road to the town and beach was steep, long and exhausting. Now, I am grateful because even though the house may seen hard to get to when walking — it is worth every step.
The views from the village where my house stands are breathtaking and I would not trade them for anything. I am quite blessed.
