Bosnia & Herzegovina was the last stop on my Balkan tour, and it turned out to be the perfect finale. I’ll admit—I arrived knowing almost nothing about the country. But during my journey from Montenegro, and through time spent in its museums and conversations with locals, I gained a deep respect for Bosnia & Herzegovina and its people. Bosnia & Herzegovina was once part of Yugoslavia, a multi-ethnic country that held together for much of the 20th century. When Yugoslavia broke apart in the early 1990s, Bosnia declared independence, which set off a brutal conflict from 1992 to 1995. The war left deep scars, but it also shaped the resilient…