We’ve seen the news that Paris has removed the ”love locks”
from the Pont des Arts bridge after a section of the bridge collapsed last
year. Fastening a padlock on the bridge (and
many other public fixtures) developed quickly as a way for couples (including
us) to publically demonstrate their love.
Looking back at our trips to Paris, we see that in 2008 the bridge was au
natural, lockless.
We brought our lock, engraved with our wedding date, with us
from the US and placed it on
the bridge in 2012, when there was a lot of room and we could select the
location that appealed to us, right in the middle of the Seine.
Last year, we looked for our lock, but to no avail..
Our backup lock was placed on Via dell’Amore in Cinque Terre
in 2013. But, since then, mudslides have
closed the Via dell’Amore and only 200 meters from the Manarola train station
are open at this time (and the Bar Via dell’Amore, near our lock, remains
closed). When it reopens, we’ll have to
see if our lock survived (and if the bar is open).
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