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.
Latest articles
How To Tile Kitchen / hallway floor
The time had finally come and I was ready to tile the kitchen and hallway floors at our Vilgale apartment.
A year ago I would say - no way I'm going to do it myself, but here you go, I did it all on my own, with some research on Youtube…
Tbilisi Rent to Sublet on Airbnb - Part 1
This is the topic I first encountered many many years ago, well actually back in these days it was more about buying a property in Tbilisi and renting it out with the option of selling the property in a few years with profit.
Throughout…
New Investment Project - Summer House with Garden in Latvia
Welcome to another interesting project in the home remodeling series. - summer house with a garden in SouthWest Latvia. It turns out this is already the third, ongoing home remodeling project featured on the blog. Exciting.
This is the…
Top 7 Aluminum Chassis / Body laptops 2022
In today's article, I've listed the TOP 7 bestselling aluminum chassis laptops on Amazon in 2022
Most Aluminum chassis laptops come with the price attached and nowadays there are both traditional, touchscreen, and of course gaming laptops …
Hiking Likani, Sunday school Rustavi
Another awesome weekend in Georgia 🇬🇪- with some elements of offroad riding, hiking, camping, horseback riding near Likani station, and a few skulls at Green monastery Saturday.
Back to Rustavi scout center for a lovely Sunday with fellow…
Buying a property in Georgia (Dedoplistskaro)
Dedoplistskaro is a small town in Kakheti, Georgia with a population of about 6,000. Distance to Tbilisi about 130 km, about 2 hour drive.
I first had an idea of buying a house in Dedoplitskaro a few years ago, back then I was researching…
Top 7 Best Selling Gaming Laptops June 2022
An entry-level gaming laptop with Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 will cost you about $650-$750 in the month of June 2022.
Better performing laptops will come with faster processors and more powerful graphics cards. Keep reading to learn more…
Eagle canyon in Georgia
The bear went over the mountain .. or last weekend we went hiking at the Eagle Canyon near Dedoplistskaro, Shopping at the Dezerteer market in Tbilisi, and exercising at Lisi Lake... another fabulous weekend has been put on our tapes and…
Tbilisi Airbnb market overview - May 2022
Recently I've been working on the Tbilisi Airbnb property management service and with the help of this article, I decided to take a quick look at the overall Tbilisi Airbnb market. The size, revenue, occupancy rate, and more.
According to…
Tbilisi Airbnb property managment
Tbilisi ex-pats and locals - I'm launching a new service - Tbilisi Airbnb property management.
Whether you are an expat looking for someone that does Airbnb management in Tbilisi? Someone that can take care of your apartment and rent it…
Top 8 Best Selling Touch Screen Laptops 2022
It seems that touch screen laptops were quite popular 5 years ago or even some10 years ago, strangely, but in 2022 among the best selling laptops still, non-touch devices dominate the market, Nevertheless, In this article, I've listed the…
Sighnaghi & Vazisubani trip
At the start of May, Oskars invited us to visit his new hut in Kakheti.
After a few stops at McDonald's, Sighanghi, and Bodbe monastery we finally reached Vazisubani, where we were greeted with traditional Georgian supra and a lot of…
Notes from Tbilisi: Abandoned Military sites in Latvia / Estonia; Sold VW Touareg car; #2 Bitcoin newsletter
Good afternoon from sunny and hot Tbilisi. The weather was scorching today, reaching +32 Celsius.
Tbilisi weather in JuneThe morning started with an interesting message to the blog's contact form - an Estonian person was asking some…
International Scout Centre Rustavi
The industrial town of Rustavi, approximately 25 km southeast of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, offers a modern international scouting center.
The youth center offers space for a variety of indoor and outdoor activities. The facility is…
Top 14 Gaming laptop releases 2022
Looking for the latest Gaming laptop releases? Look no more, in this article I've listed 14 new gaming laptop releases as of 2022
A quick note: This article contains affiliate links to Amazon.com, by clicking on links on this page and by…
How to Fix "Unable to install bootstrap, bootstrap.settings already exists in active configuration"
As this was already the second time i faced the "Unable to install bootstrap, bootstrap.settings already exists in active configuration." problem i decided to share a quick and simple solution.
Background: I have faced this error when…
Notes from Tbilisi: Caru.ge services our Car, new expats join language courses, PCR test
The morning started with the kiddo having a little fever (temperature 37 C). Decided to leave her at home and observe, as this Friday we have our first school concert. It would be very sad to miss. Sent a message to Ms. Nino.
Yesterday -…
Top 8 Best Selling Intel Core i7 12th generation laptops
Laptops with the latest 12th generation Intel core i7 processor will be popular among gamers and graphic editors.
In this article, I've listed the top 8 best-selling laptops with Intel Core i7 12th generation processors.
See: Top 9 Best…
How To Upgrade Drupal 7 to 9 (With Multilingual Support)
In this article, I will keep notes on how I upgraded the multilingual Drupal 7 site to a multilingual Drupal 9 site.
Turns out I had originally built this website on Drupal 7 more than 10 years ago and it already felt that the exciting…
Dashbashi Canyon & Waterfall with 240 meter long Glass Bridge
If there is a reason to visit Dashbasi canyons near the Tsalka in Georgia - the canyons themselves, cascading waterfall and the glass bridge hanging over the gorge should raise some interest.
Dashbashi Canyon Natural Monument is part of…