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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More Laminate flooring, Tiles for the Bathroom + some electricity works

Home Remodeling 11 August, 2022 seen 103
After the tile removal in the kitchen and hallway area, it was already agreed - I will re-install laminate there. Additionally, after hydro isolation works in the bathroom I decided I will tile again. I was very scared before the new tile…

Quail Farm Rīta Putni / Olalā Koknese

Farms 10 August, 2022 seen 54
Rīta Putni is located in one of the most picturesque places in Latvia - Koknese county Bilstini just a few minutes away from Perse and Daugava river, where an impressive view of Koknese castle ruins can be seen. I first heard about this…

Church hill Daugavpils

Churches and Monasteries 9 August, 2022 seen 51
Baznīckalns or Church hill in Daugavpils is said to be one of the main tourist attractions in the city. This was one of the rare times I visited Daugavpils and I must admit I didn't had any clue what should we see here and just Google for…

Demolishing tiles, Hydroisolation for bathroom

Home Remodeling 3 August, 2022 seen 42
A few weeks ago I did the tile job in the kitchen and hallway for our Vilgāle apartment. In the end, I was not happy with the result, not happy with the tile job (which could be done better), and not satisfied with the visual looks.  At…

Guesthouse Pirts Baudas

Hotel reviews 2 August, 2022 seen 21
Guesthouse Pirts Baudas is located in Ilzenes parish, Aluksnes county. The property is 24.1 km from Alūksne, and guests benefit from complimentary WiFi and private parking available on site. We booked this place during our day trip to…

Top 10 Best Selling Laptops August 2022

Online Shopping 1 August, 2022 seen 156
Lenovo, Acer, Apple, and HP laptops are among the top best sellers in the month of August 2022. Keep reading to learn more about them A quick note: This article contains affiliate links to Amazon.com, by clicking on links on this page and…

Velēna church

Churches and Monasteries 28 July, 2022 seen 16
The Velēna Lutheran Church is at the crossing of the Smiltene-Gulbene-Lizums roads. I would call this as one of the most beautiful churches in Latvia. It's said the first built church here was a wooden church with a turf roof. This is…

Top 15 Gaming laptops with AMD Ryzen 7 5800 processor

Online Shopping 25 July, 2022 seen 178
Ryzen is a brand of multi-core x86-64 microprocessors designed and marketed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) for desktop, mobile, server, and embedded platforms based on Zen microarchitecture. It consists of central processing units (CPUs)…

Cafe Papes Vēji

Restaurant reviews 22 July, 2022 seen 28
Cafe Papes Vēji is a summer cafe located next to the Pape channel in Western Latvia near the Pape Lighthouse. This place serves traditional Latvian cuisine, and cold beer and some can buy smoked fish (apparently in the season) I have been…

Listing Vilgāle apartment for sale

21 July, 2022 seen 36
After some thinking, I decided to list for sale our Vilgāle apartment.  I bought this apartment about two years ago in an online auction, paying about EUR 4,000. During the past two years, we have done some serious renovation with a total…

Summer Cafe Kazbārs in Kazdanga

Restaurant reviews 20 July, 2022 seen 43
  Summer café-bar “Kazbārs” is located next to the watermill in the heart of the scenic park of Kazdanga. This place serves freshly ground coffee, Italian dessert affogato, refreshing soft ice cream (including vegan options), cold live…

Laidi, Ječi & Verbelnieki

19 July, 2022 seen 14
Another interesting day has been recorded for history. We started this morning by unloading a cellar in Laidi castle. Later in the afternoon visited Ječi and for the second time, this week already went for a lovely dinner at Verbelnieki.…

Fun day in Liepāja, Ječi and Verbelnieki

15 July, 2022 seen 19
The day started with visiting the cinema Cinamon in Liepaja, a cool movie about Minions in Latvian. After the movie went to the Fontaine place to order some pizza and then headed to Jeci to visit our new property and trim the grass, I…

How to type ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ on MAC

13 July, 2022 seen 18
The shrug emoji 🤷 is a popular image used to convey confusion or emphasize a question. I first noticed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ at the end of some tweet and wondered how to type it actually? upper line/slash/underline.. squares and then some strange…

Top 11 gaming / business laptops with 64 GB RAM 2022

Online Shopping 11 July, 2022 seen 495
Laptops with 64GB RAM memory are getting momentum and are quite affordable in 2022.  Most of the 64 GB RAM laptops come with the latest Intel Core i7 processors, also the Intel core 9 is gaining momentum. Though not as popular as less RAM-…

How to Sell a Car in Riga / Latvia

8 July, 2022 seen 42
We bought a used Mercedes Benz ML 400 Diesel car in Riga a few months ago. We hoped the car would suit us for the years to come, but in the end, the vehicle was faulty even before we bought it. So the car died (or almost died) - with the…

Cafe Pāvilostas Enkurs

Restaurant reviews 6 July, 2022 seen 26
Cafe Pāvilostas Enkurs is located on Dzinstaru street 69 in Latvian Summer Capital Pavilosta. they serve fish and chips, pizza, and traditional Latvian cold soup here.  Fish and chips at Cafe Enkurs in PavilostaOne of the best fish and…

Top 10 Best Selling Laptops July 2022

Online Shopping 4 July, 2022 seen 138
A Budget-priced Acer Aspire slightly under $300 with an Intel Core i3 processor and 4GB RAM memory or a gaming laptop under $750 are among the top-selling laptops this month.   Keep reading to learn more about best-selling gaming laptops…

Friends Hub village Guest house review in Vazisubani

Hotel reviews 28 June, 2022 seen 40
Friends Hub village guesthouse is located in Vazisubani, near Gurjaani in the region of Kakheti, Georgia, some 2-hour drive from Tbilisi. Oskars, the host, invited me to visit his new place at the start of May 2022. After a few stops at…

Top 10 Laptops with Backlit keyboard 2022

Online Shopping 27 June, 2022 seen 188
A neat feature a laptop can have is a backlit keyboard. In 2022 the chance of finding a laptop with a backlit keyboard is more possible when looking at HP, Dell, or Lenovo laptops Keep reading to learn more about top 10 best selling…