http://www.flickr.com/photos/32341028@N05/tags/locks/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:09:04 -0800 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:09:04 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3793/buddyicons/32341028@N05.jpg?1369104399#32341028@N05 http://www.flickr.com/photos/32341028@N05/tags/locks/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/32341028@N05/6873767527/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/32341028@N05/">SF knitter</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32341028@N05/6873767527/" title="Love Locks"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7067/6873767527_34988160bd_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Love Locks" /></a></p> <p>We found a bunch of locks on a bridge in Copenhagen...and my friends and I were mystified at the significance. I thought it was interesting enough and framed the shot with Nyhaven in the background.<br /> <br /> After I returned home, I was perusing SFGate and found an article about locks on bridges. In a nutshell, a couple carve their initials onto a padlock and lock it on a bridge. The key is thrown away, and as long as the lock stays intact, their love for each other continues. There is one bridge in Germany that has thousands of these locks.<br /> <br /> To read more about this phenomenon in Europe, here's the link to the original article: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2011/10/05/locked_in_love.DTL" rel="nofollow">www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2011/10/05/l...</a><br /> <br /> Happy Hallmark Holiday!</p> Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:09:04 -0800 2011-09-26T10:03:21-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (SF knitter) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6873767527 Love Locks <p>We found a bunch of locks on a bridge in Copenhagen...and my friends and I were mystified at the significance. I thought it was interesting enough and framed the shot with Nyhaven in the background.<br /> <br /> After I returned home, I was perusing SFGate and found an article about locks on bridges. In a nutshell, a couple carve their initials onto a padlock and lock it on a bridge. The key is thrown away, and as long as the lock stays intact, their love for each other continues. There is one bridge in Germany that has thousands of these locks.<br /> <br /> To read more about this phenomenon in Europe, here's the link to the original article: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2011/10/05/locked_in_love.DTL" rel="nofollow">www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2011/10/05/l...</a><br /> <br /> Happy Hallmark Holiday!</p> SF knitter bridge love copenhagen denmark boats nyhavn canal story maybe locks eternal