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#10 How Our Stock Portfolio Grew to $7,824.96 This Week
This week, our portfolio demonstrated resilience and growth, closing at $7,824.96, reflecting a +2.52% increase compared to the previous week. Here's a breakdown of the key updates and strategies implemented over the past week:Options Expiry and New PositionsExpired Options: All options expiring today— MS (Morgan Stanley) and RBLX (Roblox)—expired…
Radisson Collection Hotel, Tsinandali Estate Georgia
| 16 views | Photo GeorgiaRadisson Collection Hotel, Tsinandali Estate Georgia is situated in Tsinandali, 1.4 km from Tsinandali Palace Museum, and offers free WiFi. An infinity outdoor swimming pool with view and pool bar is available on site…
Top 13 Luxury Hotels in Lugano, Switzerland
| 19 views | Collections SwitzerlandLugano is a tranquil city located in southern Switzerland’s Italian-speaking Ticino region. Its Swiss-Mediterranean mix of cultures is closely related to that of Italy’s northern Lombardy region. This mix is reflected…
Amazon Fire Tablet 7 Review
| 6 views | PhotoI ordered Amazon Fire Tablet 7 at the end of 2019 as a Christmas gift to our almost 18-month old baby girl. It took some two weeks before the gadget was actually delivered to us here in Georgia. I wanted to have…
January 2020 Dividend Income Report - $164.99
| 9 views |Welcome to the thirty third (#33) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in January 2020. Just like in the previous years, the last January disappeared…
Odo's House in Tsinandali
| 9 views | Photo GeorgiaOdo's house is a family-run bed&breakfast style guest house, located in Tsinandali, some 100 km from Tbilisi in Georgia. We booked Odo's house at the start of January 2020 for a two-night stay and paid about USD…
Postcards from Lugano
| 6 views | Photo SwitzerlandWe 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 (…
Aparthotel Autosole Riga
| 5 views | Photo LatviaLocated 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…
2019 Blog Income & Traffic Review - Goals For 2020
| 12 views |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…
Ilia Lake
| 20 views | Photo GeorgiaIlia 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…
Tremezzina near Como Lake, Italy
| 6 views | Photo ItalyTremezzina 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…
Semarah Lielupe Hotel & SPA
| 7 views | Photo LatviaLielupe 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…
Minimum Wages in Baltic States 2020
| 8 views |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…
Guest House 'Rivendell' in Borjomi
| 6 views | Photo GeorgiaRivendell, Eco-friendly hotel with wooden rooms and organic garden, is located in Borjomi. After discovering that we spend more and more time at luxury hotels across Georgia, we decided to return to the roots and…
Mintos.com Review 2020 (36 Month of Investing in Peer to Peer Lending)
| 26 views |I've been investing in the Mintos.com peer to peer lending marketplace since the beginning of 2017, or it has been already 36 months or three years since I've been exposing my funds to this Latvian fintech platform. In…
Income Goal For Dividends and Option Trading Q1 2020 ($1,200/mo)
| 8 views |I have a goal to make at least $1,200 per month for the next 3 months of the year in dividend income + selling options. Every quarter I create a brief income plan/goal laying out plans for the next three months. Last…
Fabrika Tbilisi
| 36 views | Photo GeorgiaFabrika Tbilisi is a stylish hipster place located on Egnate Ninoshvili street 8 in a renovated Soviet Era factory building, Fabrika is the space for rebellious minds to create and share. Once a Soviet sewing factory…
Top 10 Hotels in Bergamo (Italy)
| 14 views | Collections ItalyIf there is a good reason to visit Bergamo in Italy's region of Lombardy, then exploring the old town, city walks and architecture are the top 3 reasons according to Booking.com Another reason you might find yourself…
December 2019 Dividend Income Report - $235.94
| 6 views |Welcome to the thirty-second (#32) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in December 2019.Last December we spent some 10 days in Latvia, unfortunately,…
2019 in Review and Financial Goals for 2020
| 6 views |I'm 34 years old now and I have a goal to save one million dollars by the time I will turn 60. Just 26 years to go. I've been documenting my journey towards financial independence for the last three years already.In…
Keti's Bistro
| 6 views | Photo GeorgiaKeti's Bistro is another stylish Tbilisi restaurant located on Tamar Chovelidze street 3 (opposite to hotel Stamba) My better part took me here just before the New Year 2020, and I found this place quite a chill. We…