Hi! My name is Reinis Fischer (37). Dad, husband, options trader(premium seller), drupal developer, drone enthusiast, globetrotter, photographer, and passionate lover of Georgian cuisine (vegetarian). I trade stocks, take photographs, work out at the gym, and an ex-pat living in Georgia since 2011. Here I write about travel, finance, and other things that interest me.

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Ampelo Resort Kardenakhi

Hotel reviews 26 August, 2021 seen 223
Ampelo Resort is located in the Kardanaki village some 2 hour drive from the Tbilisi. Reosrt feature a restaurant, bar, a shared lounge, and a garden. There is an outdoor / infiniti pool, but at the time we visited this place it seemed the…

The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia

Museums 24 August, 2021 seen 109
The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia is an open-air museum located just outside Riga, the capital of Latvia, on the lightly wooded shores of Jugla Lake. The museum currently occupies 87 hectares and displays 118 buildings, as well as…

Top 18 Gaming PCs with Intel Core I9 Processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Online Shopping 23 August, 2021 seen 1,387
Looking for some incredibly fast machine? Think PC with Intel Core i9 processor and the powerful NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card. The GeForce RTX™ 3090 is a big ferocious GPU (BFGPU) with TITAN class performance. It’s powered by…

Batumi From a Drone Flight 2020

Living in Georgia 20 August, 2021 seen 85
Beautiful Batumi from a bird's flight. DJI Mini Mavic 2.7K drone footage August 5th, 2020 Lovingly post-processed in Tbilisi just now Music by Scott Holmes, Driven to Success While shooting this footage almost crashed my little drone to…

Abano Mineral Lake Natural Monument

Lakes 19 August, 2021 seen 207
Abano Mineral Lake Natural Monument is a small lake in Kazbegi Municipality in Truso valley on the left bank of Terek River, to the east of the village Abano at 2,127 m above sea level. First discovered back in Summer of 2021, during the…

Nīcava restaurant

Restaurant reviews 17 August, 2021 seen 40
Restaurant Nīcava is located in Nīca town, Latvia. some 230 km from the nation's capital Riga, sandwiched between Liepāja and Jūrmalciems. We paid here a short stop in mid-July 2021, while traveling to the Pape beach Restaurant NīcavaTurns…

Best stock options trading platform in Georgia (and most of the rest of the World)

Living in Georgia 16 August, 2021 seen 132
I've been trading stocks for about 20 years, I still remember the days around the millennium when I visited the bank office in person to place a stock buy or sell order.  Not so long away, me too - I was on the searches for the best online…

Summer in Latvia 2021

Travel guides 13 August, 2021 seen 63
Summer in Latvia 2021 or this is how we spent an awesome one month in Latvia. From getting a vaccine at Akropolis shopping mall in Riga to wild beaches near Pape. From a wooden boat in Pāvilosta to yacht in Ķīšezers. Made a ton of hyper…

How To add Pixelate effect Adobe Premiere Pro

Digital Photography School 12 August, 2021 seen 4,117
Recently I faced an issue with a video uploaded to YouTube, the video featured parts that needed to be removed or pixelated. After a quick google search I found this awesome video tutorial, and here is how: From the Effects panel search…

Hotel Butterfly House in Pāvilosta

Hotel reviews 11 August, 2021 seen 220
Set some 3 km from the city center of Pāvilosta  Butterfly House offers accommodation with free WiFi, BBQ facilities, a garden, and free private parking. We booked this place for a 2-night stay in mid-July and paid EUR 266. We chose this…

Guest house Otrā Elpa in Valka

Hotel reviews 10 August, 2021 seen 101
Otrā Elpa is located in the center of Valka. Guests are welcome to use free Wi-Fi in all areas of this property. I have stayed in this hotel a few times, and last time did it so back in the mid-July 2021, when had a quick trip to Valka and…

Kazbegi trip / Offroad version

Tours in Georgia 6 August, 2021 seen 209
I've been traveling to Kazbegi and the region several times, but just recently I started discovering other cool places like Juta or Truso valley. It was at the end of July 2021 we just returned from Latvia, when an ex-pat German friend…

Gveleti Small Waterfalls

Tourism objects 5 August, 2021 seen 282
Gveleti waterfalls are located in the region of  Kazbegi region near the small village Gveleti. Outdoor lovers and hikers will enjoy this little waterfall a lot . I first discovered this place at the end of July 2021, during a weekend trip…

Terek Valley Viewpoint

Tourism objects 3 August, 2021 seen 196
Terek Valley viewpoint is located along the Georgian military road, close to the border with Russia. Maybe not as impressive as Georgia - Russia Friendship monument located near the Gudauri, still, if you happen to be in this area of the…

Andrejsala

Tourism objects 2 August, 2021 seen 278
Andrejsala is an area located in the Pētersala-Andrejsala neighborhood of Riga, Latvia within a former territory of an industrial port next to the city center. Views toward Riga from AndrejsalaAndrejsala is a chich, urban place to visit. …

Kazbegi Trip 2021

Living in Georgia 30 July, 2021 seen 120
Kazbegi trip - or searching for hot pools at Truso Valley, wandering at Darial gorge near the Georgian - Russian border, reaching Gveleti waterfall, walk in the clouds at Gergeti.. and of course a lot of offroad driving. Thanks, Ralph…

About Tbilisi - Batumi Flight by Vanilla Sky

Living in Georgia 29 July, 2021 seen 557
At the end of May 2021, we traveled Tbilisi - Batumi (and back) for the first time with an airplane. And let me say  - this is the best option to travel between these two Georgian cities. In the past, I've tried a train, marshrutka, and…

Ērģeme Castle Ruins

Military Heritage 28 July, 2021 seen 231
Ērģeme castle is located in the parish of Ērģeme, Valka county, some 170 km north from the capital of Riga. Ērģeme castle tower and a new roof / hatĒrģeme castle served as a powerful fortress for the protection of the Livonian Holy Order…

Truso Valley

Tourism objects 26 July, 2021 seen 149
 Truso Valley is known for its mineral water springs, white/yellow travertines, mineral lake with bubbles, towers of middle ages, -most notably Zakagori castle, villages on a very high altitude such as Resi (2350m), tasty cheese and…

Laidi manor / Valtaiķi church / Rudbārži manor

Tourism objects 23 July, 2021 seen 56
November has started with some cool 4K cinematic drone videography at Laidi manor / Valtaiķi church / Rudbārži manor. All places are great and highly recommended to visit, all places share some great history, starting Baltic - German…