In October last year I wrote about the padlocks on the Hohenzollern bridge in Cologne, a post that has been found by quite a few searches from all over the world. I have been back, and now on the southern side where most of them are.
You see people, who walk across the bridge, stopping regularly to look at padlocks and read the inscriptions. And there are tens of thousands to look at, in particular on the southern side of the bridge.
One couple, who secured their love padlock on New Year's Day this year, has already lost two of their four ladybirds for luck. Does that mean luck is running out already for Katharina and Bernhard? Who knows?
Some cynic or sad loser who has not found love yet, has painted a message on the footpath in German:
"Liebe ist nur ein Traum" - "Love Is But a Dream"
Others are displaying some strong feelings, including handcuffs. Or is that possibly a bit kinky?
How about this one then? Did the maker of that padlock design it in complete innocence or was it meant to look slightly rude? Is that a sex god? Well, it is a love padlock after all, I suppose!
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The bottom one is the best. Pun pun pun....
Oreneta - I had a suspicion you would like it! ;-) (No flirting)
That was a fun update, I clearly recall your post about the locks.;)
*Love is but a dream* for some unfortunately is a very true fact - whoever wrote it was neither cynic or a looser, I believe. Perhaps only one of the many sad and unfortunate lonely people in our modern world, that never find true love.;)
Great pictures, even the last one.;)
xoxo
Zuzana
maybe that's a chastity belt lock?
Protege - I hope nobody gets offended by my words, but I thought it was perhaps not the most sympathetic act trying to spoil it for all those romantic people with ugly graffiti.
Veronica - Now there, go steady!
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