it was all so recent tradition , nothing that exists more than 10 years ago and it was a big danger to those bridges …
Paris city officials started removing hundreds of thousands of « love locks » yesterday from Pont Des Arts bridge. What became a symbol of undying love between couples, who travel from all over the world to fasten a lock onto the bridge then throw the key into the River Seine, is now no more. Not only are they removing the locks from Pont Des Art, they are also removing them from the Pont de l’Archeveche, which is near the Notre Dame cathedral. When I first heard about this I was a bit shocked and sadden because in the back of my mind I always wanted to do this (with my future husband of course). However, after reading that part of the bridge collapsed last year due to the weight of all the locks, I understood why they are doing it. Now my future husband and I have to come up with another cute custom to…
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