Montenegro Sounded Familiar

Above, a recent photo of Asya in Denmark.

Asya told me the other day that she has to leave Denmark for three months as they had some issues with her tourist visa which is forcing her to leave. She had been there since February. She had to leave today.

After three months she will be able to return to Denmark. It appears that none of the European countries has transportation to Russia due to the Ukraine war.

She said she will be staying the duration of the three months in Montenegro.

Montenegro sounded familiar. I did some searching as I knew nothing about it. 

According to Google:

Montenegro is a Balkan country with rugged mountains, medieval villages and a narrow strip of beaches along its Adriatic coastline. The Bay of Kotor, resembling a fjord, is dotted with coastal churches and fortified towns such as Kotor and Herceg Novi. Durmitor National Park, home to bears and wolves, encompasses limestone peaks, glacial lakes and 1,300m-deep Tara River Canyon. ― Google

And, according to Wikipedia:

What country does Montenegro belong to?

After the dissolution of the SFRY in 1992, Montenegro remained part of a smaller Federal Republic of Yugoslavia along with Serbia. In the referendum on remaining in Yugoslavia in 1992, the turnout was 66%, with 96% of the votes cast in favour of the federation with Serbia.

After reading about Montenegro as per above, it dawned on me the reason it was familiar: it was the setting for the high-stakes poker game in Casino Royale (2006) that pitted James Bond (Daniel Craig) against Le Chiffre (Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen). Although set in Montenegro, no filming took place there. It was filmed instead in the Czech Republic.

The location of Casino Royale in the Ian Fleming novel was set in the fictional French seaside resort of Royale-les-Eaux.