If you thought romance was passé in Paris, all you have to do is look at Paris bridges to see it is being displayed in full force.
The Paris “love locks” are back.
The love padlocks have been a phenomenon in cities around the world.
For those of you who haven’t heard of them, here's the story. A couple writes their names on a padlock and locks it onto one of the bridges. They then throw the key into the Seine River as a symbol of their undying love.
Some say the only way to break the seal of love brought on by this love lock act is to find the key and unlock the padlock. Of course, that is nearly impossible, since the keys lie at the bottom of the river. This reality induces many brokenhearted individuals to return with bolt cutters to try to chop off the padlocks in the dead of the night.
Alex and Charlie decided they wanted to put their padlock on the bridge too. They wrote 'Alex, Charlie and Sam, Paris 2013' on their lock and tossed the key in the Seine (and kept a spare for their journals).
The car park we deposited the car at did free bike hire so Rog hired a bike and did some touring by the Seine giving 'croggies' to the kids. We went to the Jardin des Tuileries near the Louvre and went on the fair ground. The views from the air chairs was fantastic. (Cheaper than DLP and no queues or mice in sight!)
Ended the day with steaming pots of moules frites (again!!).
We love Paris!!
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| A & C with their padlock |
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| Charlie attaches it to bridge |
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| The Louvre from the Jardin du Carousel |
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| Louvre again |
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| Going up on the air chairs |
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| The Louvre from the air chairs |
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| Log flume- be warned you may get wet! |
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| Fairy floss of course |
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| Musee d'Orsay and some tower |
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| Moules frites (again!!!!!) |
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