As I made my way across the Pont des Arts, taking photos to document the sacrilege to the bridge, a group of kindergartners blew past me followed by their teacher. I was in hot pursuit to see what they were in such a hurry to see. Ahhhh yes, the one lone panel of heavy duty glass on the whole bridge. A test by the city of Paris to see if it "works". This was the one and only place on the entire bridge where these petits enfants could actually see the Seine and beyond. They stopped, looked and listened as their teacher pointed out what she wanted them to see and learn. The one bright spot on the Pont des Arts that day.
7 comments:
The bridges as they should be: undecorated with love locks and visibility for all to see what's happening on the Seine and its beautiful banks!!
You've got the attention of at least one of them!
Saw this in September—here's hoping it does work!
Hi Virginia….thanks for letting me know about the 'love locks'. I didn't know about this new plan to rid the bridges of them.
I really disliked them when I was living in Paris in 2012….so tacky and cheap. The view from the bridge is a million times more beautiful than all those cheap bits of munce-metal!!
Loving it here Down Under….come and visit me on my relaunched blog one day. You might enjoy the view.
Ciao
Robyn
Let's hope the glass works and doesn't end up with vandals etching graffiti into it.
There is always one child whose eyes curiously follows the photographer's lens. A perfect black & white photo.
Janis
GDP
Awesome!
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