Agia Marina is a popular resort town on the island of Crete in Greece, located just some 10 km west from Chania.
Frankly speaking, I didn't know of the existence of such place before our last trip to the island of Crete during the month of June 2017. Now I can only regret about it. Agia Marina beach is amazing, hotels, resorts, villas, you name it are good, service is amazing and prices are affordable. No…
Track your altcoin/BTC investment portfolio with Google SpreadsheetsInvestments in crypto-currencies are among one of the most interesting findings for me this year (2017). I decided to give them a try just a few months ago, see: First Investment In Crypto Currencies - Bought 0.2 ETH for EUR 50For support please visit the Terramatris website: Custom Google Spreadsheet Development for Crypto Currency Portfolio TrackingSoon I decided to…
It was on our third-day trip around Crete, when we discovered an interesting roadside cafeteria promising breathtaking views, just later, post-processing photos with the help of Google Maps I was able to track down coordinates and name for this place - Beata's Orange Juice Bar, Crete.Indeed - views here was lovely, though the most interesting "tourist attraction" was a donkey. A kind owner suddenly got a donkey out of nowhere and here…
Getting fit is cool, getting heart rate normal is awesome. Visiting a gym can be really addictive. For the second time this year I'm taking beard growing challenge - not to shave it under I will get under 99 kilos.
Let me explain, back at the start of 2017 I applied for a gym membership at Tbilisi's Champions Academy, my weight was 105 kg, I made a challenge to grow a beard until I will weight less than 100kg. I reached my goal in…
The Floating block is a nice helper module which allows you to keep HTML blocks, selected using jquery selectors in a fixed position on the page as you scroll. I've been using Floating block mostly for my personal blog to feature related content (you can see floating module while browsing this web page from a desktop computer.)
In fact, I stop using floating block module a couple of years ago, but recently I was contacted…
As you might guess from the title already, in today's Drupal tutorial I will write about how to configure infinite scroll/load more button for Drupal 8 website. The best - both behaviors can be achieved using just one module - Views Infinite Scroll
Check out following tutorials for Drupal 7: Drupal masonry front page, Views lode more pager with Ajax for Drupal
And again, as in the previous tutorials, you can find a live…
There are several options how to enable custom fonts for Drupal 8 website, in this article I will stick with one of the easiest - using a custom module - @font-your-face
As usual, for this Drupal tutorial I will use a real-time scenario: For Tourgeorgia.eu website I'm using custom Premium theme adapted for Drupal 8, at one stage I noticed that example theme looks better than customized, and then I realized we are missing few fonts, which…
Matsoni is a Georgian fermented milk product, kind of similar to yogurt. Made from cow’s milk. Now, there is even a Matsoni House, where some (probably you) can try this product served with honey or nuts and so on. There is even an ice cream made from Matsoni.
Matsoni house is located just opposite to the Alaverdi Monastery, in the region of Kakheti, Georgia.
Matsoni house near Alaverdi monastery
If you are visiting the…
If there is the best time to visit lovely Georgia, I would highly recommend to visit it in September, during the grape harvest time, or Rtveli. Rtveli is a traditional vintage and rural harvest holiday in Georgia accompanied by feasts, musical events, and other celebrations. It normally takes place in late September in eastern Georgia and in mid-October in western Georgia.It was in the mid-September of 2017, we had just…
Are you looking for a really fast laptop? Super Fast Gaming experience? Consider a 24 GB RAM laptop.
24 GB RAM laptops come with a price attached - to get a brand new one - expect to spend at least $1,000 up to $5,000. Looking for a bargain deal? You could get one under $1,000 but that would be an older model.
Keep reading to find out the TOP 15+ laptops with 24GB RAM or see the Top 20 Laptops with 32GB…
Kvareli lake resort is located in the heart of Kakheti, one of the most beautiful regions of Georgia and to the east of the small city Kvareli, beneath the southern slope of Great Caucasus mountains.The unique and beautiful Kvareli Lake Resort spreads over 300 hectares of beautiful natural landscape. There is located a hotel and restaurant at resort territory.We headed here just to enjoy a cup of coffee with a beautiful view in mid-…
Alaverdi Monastery is a Georgian Eastern Orthodox monastery located 25 km from Akhmeta, in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia.
While parts of the monastery date back to 6th century, the present-day cathedral was built in the 11th century by Kvirike III of Kakheti, replacing an older church of St. George.
Despite being on my travel bucket list in Georgia for a very long time, I first visited it in…
When planning your travels to Gori in Georgia, keep in mind there are not many classical 4-star or 5-star hotels there, instead, there are a lot of guest houses and apartments in Gori.
In this article, I've listed TOP 10 hotels and guesthouses in Gori, according to actual user reviews on Booking.com
Please note: hotels listed below may contain links to Booking.com, by clicking on links on this page and by making a…
We had some great plans for this Summer's home remodeling works, unfortunately, we faced some obstacles, and decided to stop any further home remodeling works for this year.Despite being pretty upset about our situation, we still enjoyed a great Summer at our rural country property.Here I'm adding pictures, how it all looked in April 2017, make sure to check out how it all started, and see previous years start of the season.Let's start with one…
We received a special request, from a special person, to deliver park rose Rītausma, which could translate as Dawn in English.
Rītausma is a local, Latvia selected park rose breed. To get one (seedling price was about EUR 5), we had to cross half of the country, to find this special, precious rose at Dailas Rozes, located in Sēme parish, some 5km from Tukums.
After spending an hour at Dailas Rozes park, I felt impressed, made a…
Back at our rural country house in Latvia, we have a pretty international garden, plants, and flowers from different countries across the world, so, for example, we have a tulip bulbs from the Netherlands, cabbage seeds from the United States of America, some lichens from Georgia, and of course traditional Latvian plants.
It was at the end of August 2017, we decided it's the right time to harvest the crop, we planted back in Spring.…
Wow, it has been already 8 years, since I've been using Google AdSense to monetize online content. Amazing how fast time flies - It was at late night of September 4th, 2009, when I finally decided to give it a try for Google AdSense.
You know what's more amazing? Half of that amount I made in the last year alone. See: How I Made $1,000 with Google AdSense in 7 years
Back then, 8 years ago, I had a dozen of "web-projects",…
For a luxury stay in Chania town, you will find plenty of 4-star and 5-star hotels. The best - luxury and boutique hotels are pretty affordable in Chania, you should be ready to pay about EUR 75 to EUR 260 per night.
From my personal experience, thus I've not stayed at any of listed below hotels, I've stayed just for one night at Lithinon Studio apartments, close to the harbor bay for about EUR 50, spending rest of my time at other…
There is another clear winner in my top restaurant list - Gramvousa Restaurant in the small Cretan village Kaliviani. Discovered by the accident, during our travels in Crete at the start of June 2017.We headed here after failed attempt to reach Balos beach in the nearby vicinity, see: Discoveries in Crete - Rough Road To Balos BeachRight now it's hard to remember where did we actually headed, but we were driving through this small…
Balos Beach & Lagoon have been listed as one of the TOP 10 Best Europe's Beaches in 2017 according to Trip Advisor. We didn't know that yet when planned our trip here with a rental car we took earlier this morning at Agia Marina beach.This was indeed a beautiful trip, kind of reminded me the one we did about a year ago in Spain's region of Andalusia, see: In The Searches For El Torcal - Wilderness in SpainTorcal - Wilderness in…
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