After forty minutes of winding along a coastal road through quaint seaside villages, and less than a kilometer after passing a yellow sign marking the entry into Perast, Montenegro, Shawn tapped the brakes, strained to see, put on the car’s hazard blinker and clicked a garage door opener above the visor. A metal gate swung to the side. As he inched down a sloping driveway, the metal gate returned to the locked position. Perast is one of several jewels encircling Boka Kotorska. The village is located on the north bank of the Bay of Kotor across from the narrow Verige Strait. The UNESCO World Heritage Site has numerous Venetian palaces and churches like St. Nicholas in the foreground. This idyllic location offers more than 240 days of annual sunshine.
