The first time I heard about “love locks” bridges was during my trip to Paris in 2017. The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine. For years, lovers came to the bridge and professed their undying love by locking a padlock to the bridge, sometimes with their names engraved, sometimes with other poetic messages. Then they would throw the key into the River Seine. Unfortunately because over 700,000 locks have been secured to the bridge, with an additional 7,500 every year, the bridge cannot handle the weight. So in 2015, the grilles were removed and replaced with glass panels so locks couldn’t be attached.
When I was there, metal grilles were again in place but separate from the structural part of the bridge. My picture looks rather forlorn as I seemed to have captured a day when love was just not in the air. At one time, sections of grille and boxes of locks were auctioned off, so even if your lock no longer appears on the bridge, it may be out in the universe somewhere standing guard over someone else’s love, or perhaps it has been melted down to become part of another artist’s representation of love.
Is
that not inspiration for a story? I am very happy to announce that "Hearts
Locked in Time", my newest time travel with this theme, is now available from Books We Love! Travel with Jordan to 1926 Chicago for adventure,
mystery and always, the pursuit of love.
Other time travel romances include: "Spinning Through Time", "Prospecting for Love", "Hold On To the Past" and "Loving Charlie Forever."
