Blog Archive: January 2016
Milan–Malpensa Airport
Milan - Malpensa is one of the major airports serving city of Milan in Italy. Just to mention, there is another airport serving city of Milano- Bergamo.
Milan–Malpensa Airport, formerly City of Busto Arsizio Airport, is the largest airport for the Milan metropolitan area in northern Italy. It serves 15 million inhabitants in Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria. The airport is located 49 kilometres northwest of central Milan, next to the Ticino river, which is a border between Lombardy and Piedmont. The airport has two terminals and two runways.
It took me about twelve years to visit Italy again, last time I hitchhiked and…
David Gareja Monastery Complex
David Gareja Monastery complex probably is among top tourist attractions in Republic of Georgia you should visit. Located in the desert, bordering with Azerbaijan this place provides very spectacular views. Best ways to get here is either by using your own vehicle or hiring a driver or booking a trip.The monastery complex includes hundreds of cells, churches, chapels, refectories and living quarters hollowed out of the rock face.David Gareja Monastery Complex in GeorgiaThe complex was founded in the 6th century by David (St. David Garejeli), one of the thirteen Assyrian monks who arrived in the country at the same time.Cells in David Gareja monastery complexA group of Latvian…
Udabno - Almost Forgotten Village in Georgian Desert
Udabno is a small village located in distance some 50 km from Tbilisi. The chances you will visit this place is huge if you are visiting one of the most famous Georgia' s landmarks - David Gareji monastery complex. The main road from Tbilisi will take you through Udabno village if you are visiting David Gareji.
When I first was at Udabno back in 2011 it seemed as completely abandoned place, but at the end of December, 2015 it looked that some people are actually living here, and even a Polish run hostel has been established here.
Udabno village located in the middle of Georgian desert
Udabno in Georgian means - Desert. The village was built in middle 80s during Soviet times, for…
How To Display Google AdSense Ad Unit on Drupal Taxonomy Pages
Title for this article might be named also as - how to display block on taxonomy pages only. In fact that was the solution I was looking for about two years, and felt a bit awkward when figured out a very easy, not to say super simple solution.
The blog you are currently reading is Drupal powered, no WordPress, Joomla or some other content management system here, so I will speak Drupal language in this article.
Here is the super easy solution for those in hurry:
Create a new block, paste your Google AdSense (or whatever content you want, it's not only about Google AdSense after all), under block visibility settings choose only the listed pages and enter taxonomy/term/*
note that /*…
How To Make Floating Blocks in Drupal Using Module
In this article you will learn how to make blocks on your Drupal site to float using a simple, and yet powerful module - Floating block.
Here are some other cool tutorials you might find interesting:
How To Display Social Share Buttons On Drupal Taxonomy Pages
Floating social share buttons (without using modules)
How to align Facebook like, Google + and Twitter buttons? (CSS tricks)
Facebook like button for Drupal site
Drupal Floating Block
From module creators: The Floating block module allows you to keep html blocks, selected using jquery selectors in a fixed position on the page as you scroll. It works in a similar way the table header fixer in Drupal Core. This…
More Paint Job - Base layer for Kitchen's Floor
Those of you following my blog have noticed I'm featuring home remodeling series here, it all started back in the Spring/Summer of 2015, when we inherited a lovely but very badly managed country house in rural Latvia. In today's photo series I will show you how using the most cheapest floor paint I gave a new life to a rundown wooden plank floor in our rural's house kitchen.
But before that, take a look how it all started in this kitchen:
Removing Junk And Adding First Layer of Paint (Kitchen Works)
How to Patch and Plaster Walls in Your Old Rural House
Now let us begin with adding some floor paint in this lovely kitchen
Preparing floor for paint
If you are looking to paint your…
Wine Tunnel Near Kvareli in Georgia (Winery Khareba)
Wine Tunnel owned by a winery Khareba is located close to the town of Kvareli, in region of Kakheti, republic of Georgia. It features not only exotic manmade tunnel built in the rocks, but it also has a large territory offering interesting attractions related to Georgian heritage. Guests can book a wine tasting tour here and will be provided with best selection wines from winery Khareba.
I first visited this wine tunnel in the middle of October, 2015 together with my mom during a short one day trip around region of Kakheti,
Wine Tunnel at Winery Khareba near Kvareli town in Georgia
Winery Khareba is constructed of 15 tunnels. Two tunnels reaching 800 meters are parallel to each…
Neighborhoods of Tbilisi - Varketili
In today's photo article I will speak about another neighborhood in Tbilisi - Varketili. Varketili is most probably famous because of the Varketili metro line connecting this part of city with city cente.In today's article most of the pictures are focused around exactly at this metro station.
Varketili is probably not the most tourist visited place in Tbilisi, if you are hoping to find lovely wood carved balconies here or enjoy a swim in a sulfur bath you most probably wont find anything from that here. I haven' t double checked this, but apartment rent in Varketili are one of the cheapest options in Tbilisi. I know at least two expats living in this neighborhood.…
Giant Plane Tree in Telavi
There is a biggest tree in Georgia located in the city center of Telavi (Region of Kakheti). It's not only giant, it is more than 900 years old as well.I discovered this tree back in October , 2015, during a day trip to region of Kakheti, we made a 5 minute stop here, I got an opportunity to photograph it with my mom posing next to it.The Giant Plane tree in Telavi, Republic of GeorgiaIt's width is about 12 meters and height 46 meters.The Giant Plane tree in Telavi, Republic of GeorgiaThe plane tree in Telavi is near the ‘Batonis Tsikhe’ (the Prince’s Castle), the Batonis Tsqharo’ (the Prince’s Spring) and the monument to the great Georgian King of the 18th century Heracles II. Source:…
One Second a Day Video Project (November 7 - December 9, 2015)
I decided to great the New Year of 2016 with a 32-second video flashback I made at the end of 2015, filmed mostly in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.
The idea of creating one second a day video project arrived at me after I watched the movie Chef (2014). I was already doing my 365 days photo project and for the 32 days it was both fun and entertaining to both photograph and film, then post-process, e.t.c. It was a harsh experience as well. But it was worth every additional hour spent to produce a daily second video.
Places and Events from this video
Master class in Asian Cuisine
The Tiger Lillies Concert Review in Tbilisi
Wanderings In The Tbilisi Old Town (HDR Efex Pro)
Eating at…