Blog Archive: December 2019
Georgian Museum of Fine Arts
Georgian Museum of Fine arts is located on Rustaveli avenue just opposite to Tbilisi parliament building. The museum has been opened for public just recently at the end of 2018. It is interesting to note that currently, it is the only building in Georgia built purposely to house art exhibitions.The museum houses over 3500 artworks, created by over…
Lecco town in Italy
Lecco is a small city in northern Italy, some 50 kilometers (31 mi) north of Milan. The city lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como.The Bergamo Alps rise to the north and east, cut through by the Valsassina of which Lecco marks the southern end.We visited the town of Lecco for a…
Grand Hotel Del Parco - Bergamo Airport
The Grand Hotel is a modern, peaceful hotel set in parkland just 6 km from Bergamo.It offers air-conditioned rooms and suites, a fitness centre and free parking. A scheduled shuttle service to/from Bergamo Train Station and Orio Al Serio Airport is available on request.We booked this hotel in early November 2019, for a night after…
Weekend trip to Baku, Azerbaijan
At the start of August 2019, we traveled to Baku Azerbaijan.
For me, this was my first time in Azerbaijan. Our trip here was in the frames celebrate a birthday in one of the former Soviet Union member country capital cities, so far we have been to Yerevan, Tallinn, Vilnius, Kyiv, and now Baku
To get here, we booked a train ticket from…
Mushtaidi Park in Tbilisi
Mushtaidi park and garden in Tbilisi is great for activities with kids - it features a Ferris Wheel, choo-choo train, carousels and more. The entrance in the park is free, but there is a fee for carrousels. Park is well maintained and quite popular among locals. I first discovered this park a couple of years ago while cycling around…
Azcot Hotel in Baku
Set in a 19th century building on Fountain Square, Azcot Hotel is located in the heart of Baku and offers air-conditioned rooms with a flat-screen satellite TV. It features a 24-hour front desk and free parking on site.We booked Azcot Hotel for a one night stay (actually paid for two nights) in early August 2019, and paid for our stay about USD…
Georgian Parliament Building in Tbilisi
The Parliament of Georgia Building is located in Tbilisi on Rustaveli Avenue, close to the foothills of Mount Mtatsminda.The building complex was constructed as the House of Government of Georgian SSR on the site of the demolished 19th-century Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.For those of you interested in Soviet…
How To Enable Google Adsense ads.txt file for Drupal on Nginx
Around early September 2019, in my Google AdSense dashboard, I noticed a warning informing me to create a separate ads.txt file.
I followed the on-screen instruction and did what was asked.
After two months (at the start of November) I noticed my earnings from Google AdSense have dipped more than half and the warning was still there.…
Tavada Restaurant in Baku
Tavada restaurant is another fine example fo great Azerbaijani cuisine and service. Located on Mardanov Brothers street this place serves fine Azerbaijani and European cuisine.Discovered in early August 2019, during a weekend trip to Baku.Kid friendly - got a baby chair for our 13-month old daughter + asked to make mashed potatoes for…
November 2019 Dividend Income Report - $260.41
Welcome to the thirty-first (#31) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in November 2019.Last November we spent a week in Italy and Switzerland. Traveling with a 16-month old might be complicated but we did it actually quite nice - Lake Como in Italy, Lugano in…
My First Iron Condor Trade - Lessons Learned
This article has been in the blog's draft section for a couple of months and as it still bears some useful information I decided to publish as it is with little comments at the end.On August 13, 2019 I made my first Iron Condor trade - I sold following IC SPY AUG 14'19 294 / 284 / 293 / 283.5 @ 0.51This trade was with a 1 day to expiration (…
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