We just spent four
relaxing days in the city of Lisbon, Portugal, which I plan to blog about once
I finish all my thoughts on Paris - working on one city at a time, hopefully in
chronological order.
Anyhow, on the second day of
Paris, we did a vespa tour with Left Bank Scooters. It was the first
time I rode behind My Husband on a vespa. We had our own personal tour guide,
Terry, on his own vespa that we followed. For three hours, Terry took us around
all the major attractions of Paris and helped take pictures for us - he was
wonderful.
Upon my request, one of
the places we visited was the love lock bridge of Pont
de l'Archevêché. In my opinion, it's one of the prettiest bridges in Paris
because it has Notre Dame as its backdrop. This bridge is one of my favorite
places in Paris. Lots of love in the atmosphere as you're surrounded
by thousands upon thousands of love locks locked onto the bridge. Lovers
abound, smiles and laughter - you can taste the romance. You'll witness couples
locking their love lock and taking selfies together. I'm such a sucker for
these things - I jumped with joy and hoped My Husband was just as excited
about this as I was - he smiled and offered to run down the street to purchase
a lock.
I first
learned of these love lock bridges via a very popular Hong Kong soap opera,
Triumph in the Skies II. Lots of scenes in the soap opera were set in Paris
during the winter, especially on this very same bridge, so this gave me an
extra feeling of giddiness because I felt like I was a part of this soap opera
(fortunately, without all the drama). As I looked into love lock bridges, I
read that it only started occurring as recent as 2008 and that it's not
just popular in Paris, but in many places all over the world.
Lovers declare their love for one another via a love lock and either throw
the key away or keep it for themselves.
Anyhow, I followed My
Husband so that we could purchase the lock together. I wish I came more
prepared and brought a lock from home instead (a friend of mine did that when
she visited Paris with her beau last year). Our lock cost 8 euros - it wasn't
big, but it sufficed. I wrote our names, the date and all that lovey-dovey
stuff onto the lock. We finally returned to the bridge and decided to put our
love lock onto a giant lock that says, "Love has no locks" - oh, the
irony. We were lucky enough that Terry helped photograph us putting our lock on
and throwing our keys in the seine river.
Our lock came with three
keys - we each threw one into the river and decided to keep one to throw
somewhere else during our honeymoon excursion. As Terry was waiting for us, we
felt it impolite to have him wait any further, so after a few selfies, we left.
I fell in love with the bridge, so My Husband said that we could return again
tomorrow after we took a tour of Notre Dame (and we did!).
A failed attempt at making a heart with our two hands.
When in Paris, this is a definitely the
place to visit if you're with your significant other or if you're a sucker for romance like I am. I sigh
dreamily when I think back of the short and sweet moments My Husband and I
shared on this bridge.
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