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Day 19 in Paris: Love, Locked

Love, Locked

If you look closely, you’ll find our lock on this bridge near Notre Dame.

This is a wonderfully odd real-world meme. The story I heard from a guy in our cooking glass (who has lived here in Paris for the past nine years) was that the guy who started this was despondant over unrequited love. He “locked his love” to the bridge, the jumped off and drowned in the Seine.

Not sure if that’s true, but since then, lovers have taken the idea to an extreme. And area sales of padlocks and Sharpie pens has never been better.

Oh, if you look closely, you’ll see a padlock for Joan and I, too. And that alone was reason enough for me to chose this as my Day 189 photo for Project 365.

For more on our trip to Paris, check out Joan’s travel blog and our Memolane timeline.

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Day 8 in Paris: Montmarte

Place Tertre at Night

Montmarte at night is beautiful. There were a lot of great shots today during our visit to Montmarte and Sacre Coeur, but this is the one I chose for #178 in my Project 365.

Check out Joan’s blog for more about our visit to Montemarte and video of the crazy, world-record-setting rollerblade jump we saw on a ramp down the steps of Sacre Coeur in Jour 8.