House Of Food / Fontaine Palace in Liepāja
House Of Food is a place to eat good, quick international food from all corners of the world. Louie Fontaine, the owner and rock musician, has designed the place with a feel similar to…
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Postcards from Gudauri
Gudauri is a popular ski resort located on the southern slopes of The Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in Georgia. The resort is situated in the Stepantsminda District, along the Georgian Military Highway near the Cross Pass, at an elevation of 2,196 meters (7,200 ft.) above sea…
Turtle lake in Tbilisi
Turtle lake is a direct English translation of Kus Tba (Georgian: კუს ტბა), a small lake at the outskirts of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, so named due to the perceived abundance of turtles living in these places. Those of you who have…
Linode: How To Secure Nginx with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 12.04
Encrypted HTTPS websites are pretty much a hot topic nowadays. I have seen a lot noncommercial websites and blogs using HTTPS protocol lately. I believe cheap prices for certificates and possible SEO boost from Google are…
Loft cleaning - Preparation works for replacing that leaky roof
It was already last weeks of July, and we had bought already our return tickets back to Tbilisi, Georgia, and there was still one urgent task to complete if we wanted our rural house…
How to open a bottle of wine with a hand drill
There are many options to open a bottle of wine without using a cork screwer, last summer I tried a new method - using an old school hand drill.f you have been following my…
Stacking firewood in barn
Last summer taught me a lot of new things. I tried mowing grass with a scythe after which I "upgraded" to a trimmer. After all I was doing a new thing for me -…
How to prepare traditional Solyanka soup
In today's food blogger series I'll share a photo recipe on how to prepare traditional Solyanka soup. Solyanka is among my favorite soups and I prepare this some 3-4 times in a year. Pictures…
Michelangelo Square in Florence, Italy
Michelangelo Square is one of the best place in Florence to take picturesque panoramic views of Florence. We found this place thanks to suggestions on some travel guide and indeed, the pictures taken here are amazing.We…
How To Take and Post-Process Night HDR Images
In today's digital school photography project I'll show how to take night HDR images and post-process them in Adobe Lightroom and Postmatix. A year ago - taking a decent night photo sounded mission impossible…
Hotel Villa Carlota in Florence, Italy
Villa Carlota hotel in Florence is a 4-star hotel. We stayed here overnight just day before New Year in 2015. We arrived here after paid a visit to the leaning tower of Pisa and short…
Vineyards in Tuscany, Italy
If there are a thousands things to see before we die - I believe to see vineyards in Tuscany are among them. At the end of December 2015, we traveled around region of Tuscany in Italy…