Weekly Photo Challenge: CLOSE

Weekly Photo Challenge: CLOSE – if friends feel very close, they share a lock-ritual: friendship metaphors seen in Cologne, Deutz Bridge, Rhine River, near the Cathedral: they throw the key of the lock into the deep river to be fixed together till eternity and no one will be able to unlock them again – not even a good diver …

photo by frizztext; click on the picture to enter his flickr galleries …
related: flickrcomments.wordpress.com/weekly-photo-challenge/ – weekly-photo-challenge: CLOSE
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about LOVE LOCKS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_padlocks
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http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebesschloss
love locks are in Rome, Vrnjačka_Banja (Serbia), Moscow, Paris, Helsinki, Salzburg, Munich, Pécs (Hungary), Guam, Montevideo, Seoul, Tokyo, Kiev, Seville, Toronto etc.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/world/europe/06rome.html?_r=1
also:
http://www.rhinemagazine.com/locks-love-tinkling-cologne
there you can read: “Love locks have also appeared in Florence, Rome (Ponte Milvio), Guam, Montevideo, Seoul, Tokyo, Kiev, Seville and other major cities. In Rome the practise was given a huge boost in 2006 by a romantic movie called ‘Ho Voglia di Te’…”
also related:
http://www.candaceroserardon.com/2012/02/love-locks-in-cologne/
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http://www.justaplanerideaway.com/2009/12/padlocks-of-love-in-koln-germany.html

I took some more photos there:
[click on the image for a larger sized version]
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