Today, as I was crossing the Rhine over the narrow walkway at the side of one the bridges I was surprised by an unusual sight: small padlocks of varying designs and shapes were attached to the fence that separates the walkway from the railway tracks. They had names, years and sometimes pictures of couples written or engraved on them. Apparently, this ritual was inspired by a best-selling novel of Federico Moccia, Ho voglia di te, where young couples wrote their names on a padlock, chained their locks around lampposts on Ponte Milvio in Rome and finally tossed the key in the river as a symbol of everlasting love.
Unfortunatelly, I saw some locks where the names of the lovers had been scratched out...I guess it was not so everlasting after all.
1 comments:
Interesting to know where the ritual comes from, had to be italian :)
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