Travel

Independent travel notes from roads, cities and everyday logistics across the places I visit, with an eye for practical detail and local context.

Travel archive

21 Mar 2016

Azerbaijani Restaurant Agha in Tbilisi

Azerbaijani cuisine restaurant Agha is located near Heroes square (access is from the Circus side) in Tbilisi. After a meal here - I'm already planing my next trip to the land of fire - Azerbaijan.…

19 Mar 2016

Dzin Chao Chinese Restaurant in Tbilisi

Dzin Chao is among my latest discoveries from Tbilisi restaurants. I discovered it after paid a visit to Tbilisi zoo, its actually located just at the front of entrance into Zoo.Now I know at…

19 Mar 2016

Tbilisi Zoo

Tbilisi has many cool tourist attraction sites, but there is one, which is rarely mentioned in official guides or Tbilisi reviews - meet the hidden pearl of nations capital - Tbilisi Zoo.On the other hand worldwide…

18 Mar 2016

About FireFly Car Rental in Italy

Searching for a budget friendly car rental in Italy? Look no more - I can highly suggest FireFly car rental. We used Firefly during our recent week long trip in Italy, prior to that…

17 Mar 2016

Kiwi Vegan Cafe Tbilisi

Kiwi is a vegan non-profit community cafe located on Vertskli street 41, in Tbilisi Old Town. It is stated that all of their proceedings are donated to good causes related to animal rights. Kiwi provides a free social…

15 Mar 2016

Karabak Turkish Restaurant in Tbilisi

Karabak is very cool Turkish restaurant located on the busy Queen Tamar Aveneu (Tamar Mephe) in Tbilisi not very far from Tbilisi Railway station.When I first noticed a huge restaurant opening here on Tamar Mepe…

14 Mar 2016

Hotel Best Western Modena District, Italy

Best Western Modena District hotel was our last hotel in Italy during our week long travels across the country. This Best Western hotel is a 5-minute drive from the Campogalliano exit of the A22 Motorway,…

14 Mar 2016

Modena Town Hall

Looking for free toursit attraction sites in Italian town of Modena? You might visit Modena Town Hall. Facing the Piazza Grande (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), the Town Hall of Modena was put together in the…

13 Mar 2016

Tartine Brasserie - French Restaurant in Tbilisi

Tartine Brasserie is one of the rare places in Tbilisi where brunch is served in weekends. I have been in research for perfect breakfast restaurant in Tbilisi for past couple of weeks already, last…

11 Mar 2016

Chops by the River - Restaurant & Grill

Chops by the River restaurant and grill is now among my favorite Tskenti restaurants, and allow me to say among Tbilisi restaurants as well. Located in village of Tskneti this restaurant offers single priced grill…

10 Mar 2016

Postcards from Modena, Italy

Modena is a little charming town in the middle of Italy. Known as the birthplace of Worlds famous Ferrari car.We spent a few days in vicinity of Modena (during our recent trip to Italy),…

10 Mar 2016

Juliet's House in Verona, Italy

As testified by the coat of arms on the internal arch-way of the court-yard, this house belonged to the “Dal Cappello” or “Cappelletti”. The building, dating back to the 13th and renovated in the…

8 Mar 2016

Guest House Hapi in Jūrmala

If there is a reason I will remember Hapi guest house in Jūrmala, then probably its green walls and super unprofessional staff attitude will be among top of them. Hapi guesthouse in JūrmalaWe stayed here…

7 Mar 2016

Cafe Laboratory Review in Tbilisi

Cafe Laboratory is located at the top floor at the high end shopping and business center Merani on Rustaveli avenue, Tbilisi. I was doing some photography in Vere neighborhood, when I received a call and invitation from…

6 Mar 2016

Restaurant Greppia in Verona

It was a very cold, grey and rainy day in Verona, when on the way finding Juliet's Balcony I realized it would be great to find some local restaurant, order some meal and what's…

6 Mar 2016

Rainy day in Verona

It was a damn cold, rainy and very grey day when we arrived to Verona, Italy. I was looking to photograph some nice looking pictures but found it very difficult to make any decent…

5 Mar 2016

Lurji (Blue) Monastery

The Lurji Monastery also known as "Blue Monastery", is a 12th-century Georgian Orthodox church built in the name of Saint Andrew in the Vere neighborhood of Tbilisi, Georgia. The popular historical name lurji ("blue") is derived from its roof, adorned with glazed blue tile.I…

5 Mar 2016

Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Theologian in Tbilisi

Church of St. John the Theologian (Russian: Церковь Иоанна Богослова) is located in Vere neighborhood, Tbilisi. Tis was already second Russian Orthodox church I have visited in Tbilisi. Read more about Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Church in…

2 Mar 2016

Carpe Diem Café in San Bonifacio

I have never kept in secret my love for the local restaurants and cafes where tourists barely step their foot in. We did find a few great local Italian restaurants during a week long trip in…

2 Mar 2016

Best Western Soave Hotel, San Bonifacio

We booked this Best Western franchise hotel in San Bonifacio, Italy through secret deals on Hotwire, on January 1st, 2016, we chose this hotel because of it's close location to Verona and affordable price (about $60).I…