A Troubled Love-Locked Bridge in Paris
Love locks on the Pont des Arts bridge in Paris. (Photo: Adeline Sire)
“Lock your love and throw away the key forever” says a cardboard sign on the Pont des Arts, an elegant pedestrian bridge crossing the Seine river in Paris. The sign was placed there by a hawker selling small brass padlocks and souvenir Eiffel towers on the bridge.
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