Blog Archive: December 2021

Investing

Invest in Dairy Farms in Georgia

Good morning! 

While browsing my Facebook feed I noticed some opportunities to invest in the agriculture sector in Georgia.

I got sold by the information that Imereti Agro Zone is planning to build some 125 ha dairy farm near Tskaltubo



IAZ is planning to develop a Dairy Farm on a 125 ha land plot. The goal of the project is to support Kopitnari IDP settlement and Partskhanakanevi inhabitants in developing and organizing a modern, self-…

Building & Renovation

Paint job for Bedroom and Kitchen

Today early morning I checked out of the lovely Šaha klubs apartments in Kuldīga to come and paint our Vilgāle apt.

While driving to Vilgāle my fiance proposed we could prebook such lovely apartments in Kuldīga for the Summer Festival - I had to reply, well we have Vilgāle, huh?

arriving early I started applying second layer of paint in the bedroom, here is what I got

Next is to install electricity plugs and lamps, add hardwood floring

More…

Building & Renovation

Paint Job at Vilgāle apt

It is already more than one year since I first opened doors at the Vilgāle apt and saw what have I bought at an online auction. 

during the past year, we have done a lot, removed walls, floors, built new walls, ceilings, and even floors. Now we are very close to the last details, from the major works are left the bathroom with sauna (tiles) and hardwood flooring.

At the end of December 2021, I visited Latvia for about 2 weeks and I…

Living in Georgia

Holiday Season

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The holiday season in Tbilisi - or another awesome weekend has been recorded and sealed in our tapes - Fun at Tbilisi Golf club, picnic in the footsteps of Shavnabada monastery, and Christmas pre-party with Latvian Sunday School. Ho-Ho-Ho! Enjoy and thumbs up!

Travel

Meeting more Latvian Expats at Āgenskalna market

After the strange yesterday, it was agreed to go and support my new German friend at the Āgenskalns market and buy some cheese. 

Leo, an old friend from the Bākūži times offered to go to the Āgenskalns market together. He pick-up us from Pulkveža Brieža street and we went there together. I asked, could Leo also take some ax or some other tool so we can cut a Christmas tree somewhere near Lāči bakery. Leo took both an ax and a Fiskar tool…

Building & Renovation

Strange Day during the snowfall

A few weeks ago Steffen contacted me about some things in Georgia. Turned out this German had some business in Latvia and while I was for a couple of days in Riga, he contacted me again and offered a handy hand at painting ceilings at Vilgale apartment.

Why not, I thought and for the first time, we met at the Virši petrol station near Tukums roundabout at the noon on this snowy December day.

Yes, it snowed a lot, even some kind of Orange…

Living in Georgia

Got a Fewer After freezing Cold

For the last few days I have been exceling as an painter at my better part's Tbilisi Office.

Yestwrday I decided to stay longer and finish most of the job, and by doing this at the end of the day I couldn't get a taxi on time and got cold on the street. Once the taxi arrived after some 40 minutes on busy Chavvhavadze Street I felt very sick and cold.

In the evening my temperature raised to 38.8 and I had a fewer.

Now I feel already much…

Living in Georgia

Paint Job for Tbilisi Office 3.0 Part 1

At the start of December 2021, my better part decided its time to upgrade her company office to a more spacious and one. 

The new office is located just a few hundred meters away from the previous one, but unlike the previous one, the new office actually come a bit outworn and was screaming for a fresh paint job.

At the start it was decided to hire a designer who would plan the new office, make designs for painting, and actually hire…

Shavnabada Monastery

Shavnabada Monastery is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastic complex that is located upon Shavnabada Mountain, approximately 30 km away from Tbilisi, Georgia.

I have noticed this monastery atop of the hill in the past, mostly when driving to the Birtvisi canyon, but this time we were visiting Tbilisi Hills golf club from which the monastery complex was nicely seen, and it was agreed to actually visit it. 

So we did and even had a nice…

Living in Georgia

Mountain Biking At Birtvisi Canyon

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Mountain biking at Birtvisi canyon / or after a long pause I took some drone footage again. Also, now I know the shortcut on how to get here in some 30-40 minutes from Tbilisi (via Amlevi). December 5, 2021

Building & Renovation

Vilgāle apt update: Wall Plastering

Another week have passed and I got the latest images from the Vilgåle apt renovation works.

This time contractors have finished drywall works and have plastered walls and finished electricity works.

The end is so close I can even feel it.

Nice finishing in kitchen

A good job have been done here, all the plumbing seems is fixed and installed in kitchen (it was in bathroom)

I'm bit sick and tired from this plasetring already, but this is how…

Vet House Hotel and Hospital in Tbilisi

Vet House is a 24-hour hospital with all kinds of veterinary services, a hotel for pets, a rehabilitation center, grooming, a zoo shop, a veterinary pharmacy, and a school for future doctors. 

Vet House is located on Adam Mitskevichi Street 70, Tbilisi, and 7 Kipsidze street, Tbilisi

We were recommended this place for our cat, to take blood samples. So far I've visited this place twice and I can say this is a pretty nice clinic…

Center for Immunization and Prevention in Tbilisi

Center for Immunization and Prevention in Tbilisi is located on Tashkent street 10a.

My first visit here happened after a stray dog bit me in the leg, and being afraid of rabies I asked my partner what should I do. She called to our insurance company (Ardi) - and they told me I should go to the Center for Immunization and Prevention on Tashkent street.


After the workout got bitten by a stray dog. Sandra witht the help of office and Insurance…

Documentaries

The Grand Documentary of 2020

From more than 111 GB of footage (1295 short clips per year), I was able to produce about 1 hour 30 minutes long documentary
As every year - documentary, a home video style, filmed with a DSLR camera, and since July, the novelty is the drone
The length of the film is determined by its main character - Rene. The first injuries, the first garden (Georgian), the first friends..tasty "painted pīrādziņš" - everything is for real!
Travels around the…

Living in Georgia

How to get Green Passport for a foreigner in Georgia

Foreign citizens and individuals with non-resident status in Georgia can now use the health ministry's newly launched application for confirming their Covid-related status during their stay in the country, while the government has also announced venues and establishments the pass will allow access to.

If you are a holder of the Covid-19 certificate issued in the EU, you can easily register and obtain Georgian Green Passport online, here: …

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