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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Georgia - Russia Friendship monument near Gudauri

Tourism objects 16 July, 2021 seen 51
Georgia - the land of many wonders A drone flight around Georgia - Russia Friendship Monument near Gudauri DJI Mavic mini, August 16th, 2020 Music by Scott Holmes - Epic Cinematographic

Khertvisi Fortress

Military Heritage 12 July, 2021 seen 72
Khertvisi fortress is one of the oldest fortresses in Georgia and was functional throughout the Georgian feudal period. It is situated in Khertvisi village of Aspindza Municipality, Southern Georgia, in Meskheti region. The fortress was…

Orbeliani square Tbilisi

Tourism objects 9 July, 2021 seen 34
Autumn feeling or fun with a drone near Oberliani square / Alexander Garden in Tbilisi. (The former and famous Hotel 'London' is located in this area) Music by David Hilowitz - Equilibrium I Cello version

Salty Garden Tavern in Mlashe

Restaurant reviews 8 July, 2021 seen 167
Salty Garden Tavern is an awesome place located in Mlashe village, some 60 km from the nation's capital Tbilisi near the Bazaleti lake We discovered this place at the end of May 2021 and were surprised to learn that the owner of the tavern…

How To export Image from Video File in Adobe Premiere Pro

Digital Photography School 6 July, 2021 seen 96
Lately, I've put my DSLR camera aside and mostly using DJI Mavic AIr 2 + phone for photography and video (mostly video).  The drone is an awesome replacement for a DSLR camera - you can have both video and photography, the only drawback -…

Restaurant Chiko near Aspindza

Restaurant reviews 5 July, 2021 seen 82
Restaurant Chiko near Apsindza is one of our best discoveries lately here in Georgia, the restaurant no only offers amazing and spectacular views but it also serves tasty cuisine for a very very affordable prices. First discovered in June…

Weekend

Living in Georgia 2 July, 2021 seen 61
Weekend - turned out quite a nice video, despite a bad luck filming. Got a no-fly warning from monks at Zedazeni monastery and heavy rain ruined my plans filming at Birtvisi canyon. From the good - discovered how to use action track on…

How to Flip a Mirror Video in Adobe Premiere Pro

Digital Photography School 1 July, 2021 seen 1,323
Recently I launched my YouTube channel where I talk about stocks, options trading, and finance in general. Most of the filming and editing I'm doing myself. As I'm filming with my Samsung Galaxy A51 phone  and then importing video in Adobe…

Hotel Abastumani Residence

Hotel reviews 28 June, 2021 seen 244
Located in Abastumani village, this hotel features a shared lounge, garden, BBQ facilities, and free WiFi. Featuring family rooms, this property also provides guests with a terrace. The accommodation provides a 24-hour front desk, room…

How I Migrated my blog from Drupal 7 to version 9

Drupal Development 27 June, 2021 seen 85
The blog you are currently reading now is more than 7 years old. I launched it back in October 2013 on the Drupal 7 platform. During the years blog has expanded a lot and now is heldong a few thousand articles - zillions of photographs,…

Vilgāle Winter Edition

Tourism objects 25 June, 2021 seen 88
Made a quick stop at Vilgāle today to check how our apt renovation works are going and made this short drone footage. There is some recreational potential at Vilgāle. There is a guest house, a Montessori school, some shop (s), and a huge…

Green Cape near Batumi

Tourism objects 21 June, 2021 seen 264
Green cape is one of the most beautiful places in Georgia, located just some 9 km outside of Batumi.  Batumi Botanical Garden is located within Green Cape's picturesque setting. You can reach Green cape from Batumi by a taxi or bus.…

Javakheti Trip

Living in Georgia 18 June, 2021 seen 62
One of the strangest weekend trips, - from the Russian Tsar favorite places in Abastumani to the footsteps of Khertvisi fortress which, rumor has it, Alexader the Great has visited. From the Georgian Cave towns in Vardzia to friendly…

How To Update to PHP 7.4 Ubuntu 16.04 Drupal 7 Nginx

Servers 17 June, 2021 seen 2,909
I was facing problems with some Drupal modules not being supported, before upgrading to PHP 7.4 version.   As I had running Ubuntu 16.04 server with Nginx and PHP 7.0 FPM on in I felt a bit afraid performing a live update and decided to…

Hotel Dalis Mta

Hotel reviews 14 June, 2021 seen 228
Hotel Dalis Mta is located some 35 kilometers from the Dedoplitskaro town, right next to the Dalis Mta water reservoir in the Chachuna managed area. We had a chance to stay here overnight at the start of June 2020, as the trip was…

Vashlovani Trip

Living in Georgia 11 June, 2021 seen 137
Epic Georgia! Epic Vashlovani! Another awesome weekend recorded. Crossing desert sand, meeting more than 30 turtles, reaching man-built Chachuna reservoir, stepping in volcano mud puddles. With an overnight stay in a camp base powered by…

30 day challenge to publish 30 YouTube videos and double subscriber count

Blogging 10 June, 2021 seen 210
At the end of April 2021 (April 27) I started another interesting challenge in which was looking to publish at least one YouTube video a day for 30 days and double up my YouTube subscriber count! In this article, I'm going to share details…

Hilton Batumi Hotel Review

Hotel reviews 8 June, 2021 seen 189
Located in the centre of Batumi, just 200 m from the Black Sea coast, Hilton Batumi is a pet-friendly 5-star hotel offering a modern interior design and high-quality facilities. Dolphinarium is 300 m from the hotel and Europe Square is 900…

Top 10 Best Selling Laptops June 2021

Online Shopping 7 June, 2021 seen 283
In this article I've listed top 10 best selling laptops models on Amazon in month of June, 2021 A quick note: This article contains affiliate links to Amazon, by clicking on links on this page and by making a purchase on Amazon site, I…

Batumi and Green Cape

Living in Georgia 4 June, 2021 seen 101
Another awesome weekend has been in our tapes - this time we booked a Tbilisi - Batumi flight by Vanilla Sky (it's super cheap and takes only 50 minutes to get there), a 5-star Hilton Hotel with executive views + gym and saltwater pool…