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Vilniaus gatvė (Vilnius Street) in the old town of Kaunas, Lithuania. A cyclist rides past a bookstore on this old cobblestones street.

It was only today, 7 months after taking this photo, that I looked really closely and noticed little bubbles floating through the air in the blue sky. If you click on the photo, you'll see a larger version.

Laisvės alėja (Liberty Boulevard) is a pedestrian street in the "new town" of Kaunas, Lithuania. When people go to Kaunas, they tend to gravitate towards this street, as it's very central to the most touristy parts of the city, connecting the old town to the new town. We were very lucky to stay in a relative's apartment just a couple of blocks from where this photo was taken. It's interesting to note that in a case of horrible irony, this street was re-named "Stalino prospektas" for a period during the Soviet occupation.

At the east end of Laisvės alėja is Šv. arkangelo Mykolo bažnyčia (St. Michael the Archangel Church). Built at the end of the 19th century, it provides a stunning focal point at the end of the tree-lined street.

Icycle 2010: Ice bike races at Dufferin Grove Park. Here's a close-up view of a home-made studded bike tire. It's basically a regular bike tire with a bunch of metal screws stuck through it to give maximum traction on the ice. Commercially-made studded tires are nowhere near as aggressive as these!

This is the last on the ice bike photos for the blog. You can view the rest of them in my gallery posted here.

Icycle 2010: Ice bike races at Dufferin Grove Park. The audience watching one of the mens' heats.

My complete photo gallery is posted here.

Icycle 2010: Ice bike races at Dufferin Grove Park. The "Elite Rubber Class" race at the end of the night is when people without studded tires take to the ice. Sometimes they shed their clothes and sense of decency too. Always hilarious!

My complete photo gallery is posted here.

Icycle 2010: Ice bike races at Dufferin Grove Park. An exciting moment in the Mens' final. The guy in blue on the right had crashed a few laps back. I thought there was no way he'd catch up again, but he managed to not only catch up to the leaders again, but he passed them and ended up winning the event.

More photos from this event are posted in my gallery.

Icycle 2010: Ice bike races at Dufferin Grove Park. This photo is from the womens' final.

My complete photo gallery is now posted here.

Rick rings the final lap bell for during one of the men's heats at the Icycle 2010 races at Dufferin Grove Park on Saturday night.

As I mentioned yesterday, I will have my full photo gallery posted soon, after I take some more time to filter through all the pics.

Icycle 2010: The annual ice bike races at Dufferin Grove Park were amazingly fun again this year. I took a ton of photos, but it might take a while before I go through them all and post the gallery online. I'll probably post a few over the next few days.

Here's a teaser. The most important thing about ice bike racing: Safety First!

OK, so on Valentine's Day even I can turn into a bit of a cheeseball. I'm taking a break from cooking a Valentine's dinner for Jen to post this photo from a few weeks ago when we were cross country skiing at Horseshoe Valley. It's the most recent "self-portrait" in my collection.

The goofy look on my face is because my mouth is crammed full of chocolate-covered almonds. Almost as sweet as my lovely Jennifer. (See, I told you I was a cheeseball!)