Blog Archive: December 2016
Average Salary in Georgia 2016 - $ 389
31 December, 2016 | 4,117 viewsAverage salary in the Republic of Georgia at the end of the second quarter (Q2) of 2016 was GEL 1035.98 equaling about USD 389. For the simplicity of further written and calculated, here is the exchange rates I used from Bank of Georgia…
Moss Airport, Rygge, Norway
30 December, 2016 | 372 viewsMoss airport Rygge officially marks my first entry point to Norway in Summer 2016. Unfortunately, or for good, Rygge airport has been shut down to all civilian traffic on November 1, 2016. We arrived here from Malaga by Ryanair cheap…
Construction Materials Arrives (aerated concrete blocks and other goodies)
29 December, 2016 | 54 viewsThat day finally came - construction materials arrived. We paused our construction works for about a month, because of a simple reason - lack of funds, or more precisely slow bank transfers, we did spent a lovely July harvesting mushrooms…
Katskhi Monastery of Nativity of the Savior
28 December, 2016 | 191 viewsDon't be surprised of the name Katskhi, this is a church located some 2km from the famous Katskhi pillar in Georgia. The Katskhi Monastery of Nativity of the Savior, more commonly known as the Katskhi Monastery is a medieval monastery in …
Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport
27 December, 2016 | 103 viewsMálaga Airport, officially Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport is the fourth busiest airport in Spain after Madrid–Barajas, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca. It is an important airport for Spanish tourism as it is the main international airport …
Pouring Concrete Footing
26 December, 2016 | 72 viewsRight, today I found a fix to the issue we discovered earlier this summer - missing foundation for the some parts of our rural house. Some few days ago I bough a concrete mixer, gravel was already waiting to be mixed with concrete, now it…
Christmas Cooking Photo Session in The Kitchen - Olivie salads, Pirozhki and of course Pizza
25 December, 2016 | 131 viewsThat time of the year have come and for the rare time this year I was actually operating with camera in our kitchen - in today's special Christmas menu - our "traditional Georgian Christmas" table - salad Olivie, pirozhki and of course…
Katskhi Pillar
25 December, 2016 | 605 viewsThe Katskhi pillar is a natural limestone monolith located at the village of Katskhi in western Georgian region of Imereti, near the town of Chiatura. It is approximately 40 metres (130 ft) high, and overlooks the small river valley of…
Hotel Zen Airport Torremolinos, Spain
24 December, 2016 | 112 viewsHotel Zen is a 3-star hotel located in Torremolinos, Spain - a good location, pretty close to the Malaga airport. We booked Hotel Zen as our last hotel during our week long travels in Spain before departing to Oslo, Norway. This property…
Bad Discovery - Missing foundation for house
23 December, 2016 | 173 viewsToday I decided to keep digging trench around existing house fundament to prepare works for upcoming concreting works. Yesterday I bough a concrete mixer and mixed first test of concrete, load of gravel were already waiting and of course a…