Blog Archive: January 2020

Postcards from Lugano

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We traveled to Lugano in Switzerland at the end of 2019.  Visit to Lugano officially adds marks 18th country on my travel map I've visited (since 2013) We arrived here from Italy's Lecco town using our rental car (Sicily car), a quick…

Aparthotel Autosole Riga

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Located opposite a park in the historical centre of Riga on Hospitāļu street. Aparthotel Autosole offers to its guests 10 comfortable apartments and studios. We have been staying at this hotel several times, with the first stay being back…

Latest Stock Sale: 100 Shares of NRZ Called Away

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On December 28, 2019, I noticed that 100 shares of NRZ I hold were called away. This comes as a little shock, as just a couple of days ago I bought an additional 53 shares of NRZ as I was looking to repair my dividend income in January…

Trading Results Week 4/2020 (-$101.10)

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Trading week 4/2020 lasted from January 20 - January 24, 2020. Actually the week was even shorter as on Monday 20, there was a Martin Luther King Day which is a public holiday in the US. This week I closed just one trade, which resulted in…

2019 Blog Income & Traffic Review - Goals For 2020

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January is almost at the end and it's time to look back on the previous year of blogging (2019), and no doubts -  take a quick glimpse of 2020 In today's article, I will reveal data behind the blog scenes - both traffic and income for the…

Ilia Lake

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Ilia Lake is located near the town of Kvareli in the region of Kakheti, Georgia. First discovered back in 2014, while staying at Royal Batoni hotel next to the lake. Since then I've headed here several times. It was at the start of 2020…

Tremezzina near Como Lake, Italy

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Tremezzina is located on the western banks of Lake Como, right in front of Bellagio, and is the result of a recent merger of the comunes of Lenno, Mezzegra, Ossuccio, and Tremezzo. We discovered this picturesque Italian town during our…

Semarah Lielupe Hotel & SPA

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Lielupe Hotel SPA & Conferences by Semarah is located in a calm area of Jurmala, surrounded by forest and 400 m from the Baltic Sea. It features a spacious kids club with different games and toys. We booked this hotel in mid-December…

Minimum Wages in Baltic States 2020

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It has been a great decade for all three Baltic states, and increasing minimum wages is just one good example of showing that. From humble EUR 238 in 2010 to still modest EUR 607 (Lithuania). That's quite an impressive growth in "just" 10…

Trading Results Week 3/2020 (+$397.80)

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Trading week 3/2020 lasted from January 13 - January 17, 2020 This week I was mostly closing trades made in the previous weeks. Also, one of my goals for this week was to limit open position to 10 (there were 12 positions prior) I managed…