Blog Archive: November 2015

Motsameta Monastery near Kutaisi in Georgia

Churches and Monasteries 30 November, 2015 | 2,132 views

Motsameta monastery is one of the most spectacular sites I have visited while being living in Georgia. To get here yo will need either to own your vehicle or hire a taxi, probably there are organized tours as well heading to Motsameta…


Water Reflections on Lisi Lake

29 November, 2015 | 302 views

She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city. - Roman Payne, The Wanderess Spectacular water reflection photography done in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia on Lisi Lake.​…


Cost of Living in Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia)

Living in Georgia 28 November, 2015 | 9,748 views

This post is a result of an experiment I performed for one month in October 2015, I counted my everyday expenses and summed it up to see how much actually it costs to live in Georgia. This information might be useful if you are planing to…


Some Popular Desktop Computers Under $500 (Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals)

Online Shopping 27 November, 2015 | 1,408 views

Feel it is time to upgrade your old desktop computer? Probably looking to own a brand new one. Look no more in this article I have listed 15 great desktop computers under $500 apiece. Looking for Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals for 2015…


Simple Aspic (Meat Jelly, Kholodets) Recipe

Food blogger 27 November, 2015 | 1,819 views

In today's food blogger's series I will show how to prepare a really tasty and delicious homemade aspic out of pig's trotters. I'm not sure how popular an aspic is in the Western world, but it is a super popular in post Soviet countries,…


Third Traffic Spike: More than 7,500 Daily Users

Servers 26 November, 2015 | 482 views

A huge traffic surge to this website was experienced on November 15 when total unique user count reached 7,732. The vast majority of them were coming from Turkey.  Update: Learn how I got 10,000 Page views in a day This was already third…


How to add MailChimp Signup Form for Drupal

Drupal Development 25 November, 2015 | 1,587 views

After being blogging for more than two years already and finally reached about 40,000 monthly unique visitors to my blog I decided it's time to set up an email newsletter. I knew there are some Drupal modules already, but I ended with a…


Postcards from Tbilisi

24 November, 2015 | 909 views

Tbilisi is city which have inspired many great poets, writers and of course travelers. Mikhail Lermontov, Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy and even Marco Polo have spent some time in Tbilisi. Who knows maybe the sulfur baths in Abanotubani…


Black Friday 2015 Laptop and Notebook Deals - Save 20% and More

Online Shopping 23 November, 2015 | 447 views

This year's biggest shopping event will happen on November 27 which is known as The Black Friday. Since the early 2000s, it has been regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the US, and most major retailers open very…


Gelati Monastery in Georgia

Churches and Monasteries 23 November, 2015 | 1,316 views

Gelati monastery together with Bagrati Cathderal are one of the main sights in this region (Imereti) in Georgia. Although I have been living in Georgia since 2011, first I visited this site just in the Spring 2015 together with my dad,…