Le Meridien Batumi Hotel Review

9 November, 2021 | Hotel reviews | 22 seen

Le Meridan hotel is one of many 5-star hotels in Batumi I've stayed in so far.

We booked a one-night stay here in August 2021 to celebrate my 36 birthday. For this stay, we paid about $340, and this seems a bit overpriced. I still prefer Radisson or Hilton, but if money is no obstacle, why not?

We arrived bit late in the evening from Batumi international airport (flight from Tbilisi). It was already getting late, but I managed to capture the above sunset .

Beach reachable within only 656 feet, Le Meridien Batumi is a 5-star hotel and features 105 tastefully decorated and furnished rooms and suites with stunning Black Sea views. Guests can take a dip in an indoor swimming pool, work out at the on-site fitness center, and relax in a sauna. A garden as well as a sun terrace are at guests' disposal. The property also offers a casino.

At Le Meridien Batumi all guest rooms have restful colors and offer air-conditioning and heating. Every unit includes a wardrobe, seating area and mini-bar. Private bathroom features free toiletries as well as a bathrobe, slippers and a hairdryer. Towels and linen are also included. All rooms at the hotel come…

Halloween 2021

5 November, 2021 | Living in Georgia | 14 seen

Our spooky Halloween short. From the mist-covered Sighnaghi to  Bazaleti lake. Trick or treat!

Chateau Bruale Tkhilistskaro

4 November, 2021 | Hotel reviews | 18 seen

Chateau Bruale offers accommodations in Tkhilistskaro. Guests can enjoy the on-site restaurant. Free WiFi is available throughout the property and free private parking is available on site.

We booked a one-night stay at this place at the end of August 2021 and paid about EUR 30. Additionally, we ordered some dinner and breakfast, for an additional GEL 120

Chateau is located in the middle of vineyards and hazelnut grove. I actually bought some 5 kilos with hazelnut, paying about GEL 8 per kilo.

I held a small talk with the owner of the chateau, a retired colonel, and I was told that a good land for sale in Kakhetia cost about $20,000 per ha (albeit they are not selling to foreigners)

Quite a nice stay for a very affordable price. Hearty people, interesting discoveries. 

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Autumn in Laidi

2 November, 2021 | | 38 seen

Laidi is a village in Laidi parish, Kuldīga municipality, Latvia.  The village is located some 28 km from the county center of Kuldiga and 167 km from Riga.

One of the most interesting objects to see: Laidi manor - Built in the early 19th century by the local German nobility, it has housed the Laidi primary school since 1921.

In today's Piece of Life series - Autumn in Laidi

Beautiful scenary with colourful trees

The Grand Documentary of 2018

29 October, 2021 | Documentaries | 17 seen

2018 was very special. Here is a brief recap in a 25-minute long documentary.

Some shorts from Tbilisi, relocating to Jūrmala. A lot of snow. Building a baby crib, chilling. chilling a lot. Picking up a baby name. First meeting with a little person. First bathing. Many things were done for the first time. Relocating back to Georgia. And many more. Enjoy!

Prometheus Epic Hotel & Spa near Tskaltubo

28 October, 2021 | Hotel reviews | 42 seen

Located just some 500 meters from Prometheus Cave, Prometheus Epic Hotel & Spa provides accommodations with a restaurant, free private parking, an outdoor swimming pool, and a bar.

We booked this hotel for a 2-night stay at the start of September during our Kutaisi and area trip. This was a pretty affordable stay, in total we paid about EUR 110 for a two-day stay.

With a garden, the property also has a terrace. The property features a spa center, free WiFi throughout the property and a 24-hour front desk.

Unfortunetly during our stay here (September) there was some heavy rain, but still we enjoyed the hot pools. 

Prometheus Epic Hotel & Spa offers 4-star accommodations with a sauna and hot tub.

The nearest airport is Kutaisi International, 15 mi from the accommodations, and the property offers a paid airport shuttle service.

For one night we arranged a taxi transfer to Kutaisi and were asked about GEL 60 (one way)

In short, this was a very nice stay, we traveled forth and back to Tskaltubo and Kutaisi from here. I would recommend a stay here. 

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Sold all Bitcoin, Seb Mutual funds, Baltic Horzion and DelfinGroup Stock

27 October, 2021 | Stock Portfolio | 17 seen

Yesterday, on October 25, 2021, I sold all of the Bitcoin holdings I had with Coinbase PRO. Additionally, I sold off all my investments with SEB mutual funds and stocks at Nasdaq Baltic: Baltic Horizon, and DelfinGroup.

I did this because I have started another interesting 52-week challenge - buying Apple stock for the next 52 weeks and I want to focus on that challenge. 

As an options trader, I want to collect at least 100 shares with Apple stock and start selling covered calls on it (subscribe to my newsletter here)

Selling BTC seems was just at the right time, now when there are a few Bitcoin ETF's available at the stock market, and I guess I will explore my options selling puts with BITO ETF.

Anyhow, I sold BTC with about 48% gain in less than 5 months (I was buying once a week small bits using the so-called dollar-cost averaging method)

I guess I will re-start my Bitcoin 52-week challenge again. Starting next week. Bitcoin has proven to work best using dollar-cost averaging.

SEB funds? Yeah, they are fine, but not very interesting to me. Baltic stocks, yeah why not, but I, for now, I'll better stick with Apple and…

Top 7 Best Selling laptops with 11th Gen Intel Core i9 Processor

25 October, 2021 | Laptop Reviews | 90 seen

In this article, I've listed the top 7 best selling laptops on Amazon with the latest 11th gen Intel Core i9 processor

A quick note: This article contains affiliate links to Amazon, by clicking on links on this page and by making a purchase on the Amazon site, I might earn an affiliate income from that. Prices for laptop computers listed on this page are retrieved using Amazon Product Advertising API and is updated daily. For actual prices please refer on the product page on Amazon.

• 64GB high-bandwidth DDR4 RAM to smoothly run multiple applications and browser tabs all at once; 2TB PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive provides fast bootup, ample storage space and speedy data transfer
• 11th Genernation Intel Core i9-11900H Processor (8 Cores, 16 Threads, 24MB Cache, 2.50 GHz base frequency, up to 4.90 GHz max turbo frequency), packing with staggering performance typically only…

Kļavu Lapas Laidos

22 October, 2021 | Tourism objects | 6 seen

Kļavu lapas Laidos - an attempt to catch some falling colorful leaves. Laidi manor and more. October 17, 2021 Dji Mavic Air 2, Galaxy A52

Eagle Canyon / Gorge

20 October, 2021 | Tourism objects | 68 seen

Eagle Canyon also Eagle Gorge or Artsivi Gorge is located close to the town of Dedoplitskaro in Georgia.

The natural monument represents a unique complex consisting of two sites. The first one is a limestone rock canyon, while the other is an adjacent forested area, where the Khornabuji fortress was built (V c).

I first discovered this great canyon at the start of June 2021, during a Vashlovani trip. 

There is a little rangers cabin at the main entrance inside the canyon

The canyon with a picturesque landscape is a home to several birds of prey (eagle, vulture etc.). Looking at the hanging cliffs from the rocky slopes of the gorge, it is possible to observe nests of eagles and other rare/extinct plants, which cannot be seen anywhere else in Georgia.

The length is of the pedestrian route is 1 km, which can be covered in 1 hour.

The length of the pedestrian route to Khornabuji fortress is 0.5 km and it can be covered in 30 minutes.

The natural monument itself is in 4 km to the north of Dedoplistskaro. 2 km of the road is paved and the other 2 km is a gravel road laid in the forest.

• Tbilisi -…

Lake Zvirgzdu

19 October, 2021 | Lakes | 25 seen

Lake Zvirgzdu is located in Kurzeme historical region on the border of Kuldīga and Alsunga municipalities.

There are several campsites available at Lake Zvirgzdu, with one of the most popular being - Ezermaļi.

I discovered this place by a chance, back in September 2021, while randomly driving around the area

There are 6 farmsteads on the shore of the lake, the V1264 highway runs along the western end. 

In 1976, the Latvian feature film "Lake Sonata" was shot on the shore of the lake. 

Top 9 Best selling 360Hz FHD laptops (popular among gaming & business)

18 October, 2021 | Laptop Reviews | 27 seen

Competitive gaming?  Think 360Hz display!

• Top 15 Best Selling 240Hz laptops (gaming & business)
• Top 17 Best Selling Gaming Laptops with 144hz Display

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 might earn an affiliate income from that. Prices for laptop computers listed on this page are retrieved using Amazon Product Advertising API and is updated daily. For actual prices please refer on the product page on Amazon.

• GeForce RTX 3070: NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX—with new RT Cores, Tensor Cores, and streaming multiprocessors to give the most realistic ray-traced graphics and improved performance
• More Power, More Cores: The 8-Core 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10875H processor provides the ultimate level of performance with up to 5.1GHz Max…

Valmiera & Cēsis 2021

15 October, 2021 | Tourism objects | 10 seen

Valmiera & Cēsis from a drone flight.

Took a quick day trip from Riga on January 2, 2021, to visit some lesser-known places

DJI Mavic Air 2, music by Scott Holmes - Discovery

Invest in These 5 Stocks From The Dow Jones list With Covered Calls and Collect Dividend

14 October, 2021 | Options trading | 24 seen

One of my preferred investing strategies is investing in stocks from The Dogs of The Dow List.  Currently (2021), these are the Small Dogs of The Dow stocks: DOW, VZ, WBA, CSCO, and KO.

In 2021 PFE was replaced by VZ in the Small Dogs list. 

In today's article, I will take a quick glimpse at a potential return from investing in these five stocks with options (covered calls) + collecting the dividend during the road.

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For this example, I'm going to virtually buy 100 shares at each company. All prices below are listed as of October 8, 2021

Ticker

Price

Shares

value

Div

Yearly Dividend

Monthly Options

DOW

$58.71

100

$5,871.00

4.77%

$280.00

$219.00

VZ

$53.24

100

$5,324.00

4.81%

$256.00

$65.00

WBA

$47.38

100

$4,738.00

4.03%

$191.00

$154.00

CSCO

$55.08

100

$5,508.00

2.69%

$148.00

$…

Big Shiraki Abandoned Soviet Airfield in Georgia

13 October, 2021 | Military Heritage | 452 seen

If you are into military heritage or have some interest in Soviet history - Big Shiraki airfield in the Georgian dessert (steppe) might be an interesting object to visit in Georgia.

I had not a single idea there even exsit such place here in Georgia, but at the astart of June, during a Vashlovani trip, a German friend took us to this place.

Not an expert on Soviet or any other military I was told that during the Soviet Era Sukhoi figher jets were based here. At start it looked bit unrealistic, as the small angars looked capable of storing some smaller aircraft not a figherjet, but latter I learned the Sukhoi airplane could actually be stored here.

Around 1950, the Soviet government constructed a military airbase known as Greater Shiraki (Russian: Большие Шираки, Bol'shiye Shiraki) in the steppe. It was home to the 178th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Russian: 168-й гвардейский истребительный авиационный Краснознамённый полк), which took part in the Soviet–Afghan War and returned to Georgia in 1989.

Nowadays, the airfield is used as a grassland by local farmers

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the remaining 30 Su-24 attack…