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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Užava Lighthouse

Tourism objects 31 December, 2020 seen 138
Užava Lighthouse - a lighthouse located on the Latvian coast of the Baltic Sea. The lighthouse stands in an isolated location, on a 28 metres high sand dune, which is permanently threatened by the Baltic Sea waves' erosion.For this reason…

Vilgāle

Tourism objects 29 December, 2020 seen 157
Vilgāle (formerly also Saldenieki) is a village in Kurmāle Parish, Kuldīga District, Latvia. Located on the shores of Lake Vilgāle. Distance to  Kuldīga 17 km, 181 km from Rīga. Back in September 2020, I bought a flat in this village in an…

Top 15 Best Selling Laptops January 2021

28 December, 2020 seen 56
Acer, Apple, Lenovo, HP and ASUS brands are among the best selling laptops in January 2021 In this article, I've listed top15 best selling laptops on Amazon for January 2021 A quick note: This article contains affiliate links to Amazon.com…

Embūte Castle

Tourism objects 25 December, 2020 seen 56
The ruins of Embūte Castle are located in Embūte, Latvia, in Embūte Parish, Vaiņode Municipality, not far from an ancient hillfort erected by Curonians. It was an ancient Curonian settlement and is mentioned in ancient chronicles as a…

Zaķu krogs near Jūrkalne

Restaurant reviews 24 December, 2020 seen 108
Zaķu krogs is both a restaurant a hotel located near Jūrkalne in Latvia. We discovered this place while driving around Užava, Pāvilosta, and decided to take here a quick stop to order some food for our toddler girl.  Just later I learned…

Devil's Dam Embūte (Joda Dambis)

Tourism objects 22 December, 2020 seen 129
Devil's Dam of Embūte is an awesome place for hiking and trekking in the Courland region.  We first discovered this site at the end of 2020, and plan to return here more often. Devil's Dam from a drone flight Taken with DJI MAVIC AIR 2…

Top 13 Laptops with Intel Core i5 11th gen processor

Online Shopping 21 December, 2020 seen 3,221
Intel Core i5 laptops will be a cheaper alternative to the Intel Core i7 or Intel Core i9 processor laptops In this article, I have listed Top 13 laptop models with the 11th generation Intel Core i5 processor. Disclosure: As an Amazon…

Embute Church Ruins

Churches and Monasteries 18 December, 2020 seen 111
The Embūte church is located in the Embūte Nature park, nowadays, there are just remains left from the old day glory. It was in a hazy December 2020 afternoon, I took my DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone and made some nice aerial photography and even…

Vilgāle flat renovation - how it all starts

Home Remodeling 15 December, 2020 seen 117
On September 18, I was lucky enough to win an online auction and bought a flat in Vilgāle village. It took a few more months before all legal procedures were done and I had the entry in the Land Registry before I was able to proceed. I…

Top 14 Best Selling Lenovo Laptops 2021

Online Shopping 14 December, 2020 seen 368
Lenovo laptops have been on my laptop radar probably since 2016, just recently I bought a Lenovo Ideapad 320 for our office needs, and let me express my humble joy with this business laptop model. I love seeing Lenovo evolving year after…

Īvande Manor

Tourism objects 11 December, 2020 seen 45
Īvande Manor, also called Lielīvande Manor, is a manor house in Īvande parish in Kuldīga municipality in the historical region of Courland, in western Latvia. The manor Groß-Iwanden was created by the merger of several small estates. In…

Top 20 Laptops with Intel Core i7 11th generation processor

Online Shopping 7 December, 2020 seen 14,909
In this article, I have listed Top 20 laptop models with the 11th generation Intel Core i7 processor. Below listed models will be the top choice among gamers and business users. Creative graphic designers, video animators, and…

Ēdole Castle

Tourism objects 4 December, 2020 seen 207
Ēdole Castle is a Gothic Revival castle situated on the banks of Ēdole Lake, Ēdole parish, in the historical region of Courland, western Latvia. Originally consisting of two residential buildings linked by a stone wall, the castle is…

Kronvalda Park in Riga

Tourism objects 3 December, 2020 seen 118
Kronvalda Park (originally Strēlnieku dārzs) is a part of the greenery of the Old Riga canal bank. The total area of the park is 11.92 ha. Kronvalda park which borders Elizabetes and Kr. Valdemāra Street, as well as Kronvalda and Kalpaka…

Top 10 Best Selling Aluminum Chassis Laptops 2021

Online Shopping 30 November, 2020 seen 6,175
In today's article, I've listed TOP 10 bestselling aluminum chassis laptops on Amazon.   Most Aluminum chassis laptops come with the price attached and nowadays there are both traditional, touchscreen and of course gaming laptops …

How to See Messages Sent From The Contact Form Drupal 9

Drupal Development 24 November, 2020 seen 182
Recently working on my latest Drupal l9 project - BalticInvestors.com I faced a strange issue - after enabling the core default contact form, it seemed that data is not stored anywhere after actually filling out and submitting the webform…

Top 10 Best Selling Laptops December 2020

Online Shopping 23 November, 2020 seen 330
Acer, Apple, Lenovo, HP and ASUS laptop brands are among the best selling models in December 2020 A quick note: This article contains affiliate links to Amazon.com, by clicking on links on this page, and by making a purchase on the Amazon…

Apriķi Lutheran Church

Churches and Monasteries 20 November, 2020 seen 40
Apriķi church is located in the Apriķi village, Laža parish, Aizpute district in the Western part of Latvia (Courland). Apriķi church is considered to be the pearl of Courland sacral art because the glory of its indoor interior is…

Enzo’s Ezo Italian Restaurant in Kakheti

Restaurant reviews 19 November, 2020 seen 57
Discover chef Enzo’s Italian yard  with a positive vibe and happy atmosphere in the center of Chateau Mere hotel, close to Telavi  It's said that the place serves home-made simple rustic Italian food and 36 hours of rising dough pizza. We…

Top 10 Gaming Desktop PC's with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Graphics Card

Online Shopping 16 November, 2020 seen 3,145
Long been the days since I built my first crypto mining rig, these were the days I was following up on the latest trends for GPU cards.  Now, in today's article, I've listed the top 10 Gaming Desktop PCs with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3800…