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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…
Fall Through The Ceiling, Dig a Trench Around Foundations, Stone Wall Concreting
Think I have written about all topics mentioned in title already? You are right, I indeed have, see: Digging a trench around existing foundation, Stone Wall Concreting. But that's just for the other part of house, now…
Georgia in Winter (Photos from Tbilisi)
There is a good reason to visit Georgian skiing resorts in Gudauri, Bakuriani or Mestia if you are up to a winter holidays in Georgia. See: Gudauri - Georgian Winter Capital for skiing, snowboarding, paragliding and…
Kiev Boryspil International Airport
Boryspil International Airport is an international airport in Boryspil, 29 km east of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. It is the country's largest airport, serving 65% of its passenger air traffic, including all its …
Top 10 Plovdiv Hotels in Bulgaria
For today's article I've decided to take a look on average hotel price in Bulgaria's Plovdiv and also list TOP 10 hotels there based on Booking.com recommendations. Now, just recently I booked my first flight to Sofia…
Makhuntseti Arched Bridge
The Makhuntseti Arched Bridge is located in the village with same name, in the Keda municipality (region of Adjara in Georgia) on Batumi - Khulo road. The bridge is pretty large and holds together on the natural rock…
Waiting For The Water Level To Rise In The Pond
In the mid Summer 2016, we did a major task - dug a pond, after pond excavation works we were left with a large hole in the middle of our rural property. There are no incoming streams actually which could fill pond…
About Tbilisi - Kiev - New York Flight by Ukrainian Airlines
In mid-November 2016 I faced an issue which I had to handle in the United States. I had to fly there soon. In the past I have flied twice to the United States, both time leaving from Warsaw, Poland by Polish Airlines…
Makhuntseti Waterfall
I was more than sure that the name of this waterfall in Keda municipality (region of Adjara) is Queen Tamar Waterfall, and was surprised latter to learn official name is Makhuntseti Waterfall. No matter of the name, it…
The Last Row of Aerated Concrete Blocks Masonry
Now, it was pretty easy to build first six rows of wall from aerated concrete blocks, see Constructing Wall From AAC blocks + Finishing Foundation Concreting Works for Bathroom, Another Day, Another Wall and Lintel…
Top 10 Hotels in Sofia (Bulgaria)
Just recently I booked my first flight to Sofia (capital of Bulgaria), after that I made some "investigation" what to expect in Bulgaria and crafted an article: Planing a Trip to Bulgaria - Hotels, Car Rental, Things to…
Samikitno Batumi Restaurant
Samikitno is a popular restaurant chain across Georgia. We visited this Batumi restaurant in the late evening during our latest trip to the lovely seaside town of Batumi, after discovered that restaurant at hotel we…
Q4 2016 Blog Traffic & Income Report - 197,850 Users / $6,921.16
That time of the year have come and it's time to wrap up a round up income and traffic report post for the last quarter of 2016 (October, November and December). If you are new to my blog or just wondering why I'm…
Can You Buy a Good Life in Tbilisi With $500 as a Foreign Expat?
A time ago I did an experiment - counted our (two persons and two cats) daily expenses for a month to find out that our monthly expenses have been at about USD 1,800 for that month. You can see my findings with detailed…
Lintel Installation & First Coffee Break
If you have been following my blog and in particular home remodeling series you are already familiar with our construction works at our rural country house we started back in 2015. In the Summer 2016 we started…
Privet iz Batuma
Privet iz Batuma, literally meaning Hi from Batumi, if translated from Russian is just another cool cafe located in Georgian seaside resort city Batumi. Despite the name, giving a feeling you will be returned to the…
Another Day, Another Wall
Today was another lovely day to excel a little bit as a constructor. Today we continued to construct walls from aac blocks. It's fun, easy, like everyone could do this. As long as you keep it all leveled. See part 1 …
Georgian Enamel Souvenir Shop in Batumi
I tried hard, but couldn't locate precise location or name of this Georgian enamel souvenir shop in Batumi. What I know, most probably it's located on Zviad Gamsakhurdia street in Batumi, in the Goodwill shop area. Why…
Anker Hostel in Oslo
Think hostels are cheap? Think twice. Anker hostel officially is the most expensive hostel I have stayed so far, and there is no surprise about that. Located in Oslo, one of the most expensive cities in the World (yes…
Constructing Wall From AAC blocks + Finishing Foundation Concreting Works for Bathroom
In today's home remodeling series we are continuing to build bathroom from scratch. The other day we removed walls and finished foundation concreting works for one part of house, today we re going to start construct…
Sputnik Hotel in Batumi
I now have a new favorite hotel in Batumi - Sputnik hotel. Surrounded by a garden with tropical plants and trees, this 4-stars Sputnik Hotel & Spa Batumi is nestled in Batumi Hills with a stunning views of the…