Blog Archive: November 2020

Recently working on my latest Drupal l9 project - BalticInvestors.com I faced a strange issue - after enabling the core default contact form, it seemed that data is not stored anywhere after actually filling out and submitting the webform. Turns out there is a little helper module, which solves it - Contact Storage Contact Storage module will provide…

Apriķi church is located in the Apriķi village, Laža parish, Aizpute district in the Western part of Latvia (Courland). Apriķi church is considered to be the pearl of Courland sacral art because the glory of its indoor interior is remembered by every visitor.  Apriķi Lutheran Church The stone church is built on Apriķi manor house land as Osten-Sakenu…

Discover chef Enzo’s Italian yard  with a positive vibe and happy atmosphere in the center of Chateau Mere hotel, close to Telavi  It's said that the place serves home-made simple rustic Italian food and 36 hours of rising dough pizza. We had a chance to dine here at the start of October 2020, ordered some quattro formaggi pizza, salads, pasta carbonara,…

Northern forts of Liepāja are really cool military history tourism site - Built by Imperial Russia at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of 20th century to provide the protection of Liepāja’s naval base in case of enemy attack. It was at the start of November 2020, I was equiped with DJI Mavic Air 2 drone and wanted to make some cool drone…

Long been the days since I built my first crypto mining rig, these were the days I was following up on the latest trends for GPU cards.  Now, in today's article, I've listed the top 10 Gaming Desktop PCs with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3800 graphics cards. The GeForce RTX 3080 delivers the ultra-performance that gamers crave, powered by Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd gen…

Cīrava Palace  is located in the village of Cīrava, Aizpute municipality, Latvia.  The palace / manor t was built in 1752 as a hunting palace for the German Baltic baron family von Manteuffel-Szoeges. Cīrava manor in Latvia We love to come and visit Cīrava if we have a chance, so did happen last time at the start of November 2020, I was equipped with a…

Weekend trips to Borjomi and Akhaltsikhe are quite possible and easily doable.  I just love to visit Borjomi an area during the fall season, the scenery can turn very spectacular, leaves are turning yellow, orange.. see Autumn in Borjomi So did happen at the of September 2020, we decided to for an easy weekend trip to Borjomi, booked a nice family-run…

The St Nicholas Naval Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox cathedral church located in Karosta in the north of Liepāja, Latvia. I have visited this cathedral just a couple of times, but always have been impressed by the glory of the place.  It was at the start of November 2020, I got my new DJI Mavic Air 2 drone and I wanted to make some nice aerography, as we…

After a long time of thinking, on the late-night of November 8, 2020, I finally launched my latest brainchild - BalticInvestors.com  - a website dedicated to investment opportunities in the region of Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania).At this website, we are going to cover investments in stock, real estate, and alternative investments, like peer to peer…

Rudbārži Palace is a palace in Rudbārži parish in Skrunda municipality in the historical region of Courland, in western Latvia. The estate was, from 16th century to 1661, owned by the family of Eberhard von Goes  and from 1778 till 1920 by the von Fircks noble family.  Schloss Rudbahren was originally built (within the Courland Governorate) in 1835 for…

Rabati Castle is a medieval fortress built in the 9th century under the name "Lomisa Castle" in the city of Akhaltsikhe in southern Georgia, recently globally reconstructed. One of the main attractions of the Samtskhe-Javakheti region along with Vardzia caves We have been visiting Rabati occasionally here and then, so did happen at the end of September…

Welcome to the forty-second (#42) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in October 2020.Last October we managed to get out of Georgia and come to Latvia, seems we have will stuck here for some time.Also, another, bigger and better, drone is now in my arsenal (DJI Mavic Air 2)Golden Autumn in…

Kazdanga Mill lake (Dzirnezers, Dzirnavu ezers in Latvian) is located centrally located in Kazdanga, Latvia. First discovered back in 2015, I have been returning here quite often, so did happen last time at the end of October 2020 I come here with a DJI Mavic Mini drone Kazdanga mill lake Located in a very close distance to the impressive Kazdanga…