"Pont des Arts" or Pont de l'Archevêché

I really want to go to Paris. As a child I have had this attraction towards France, in particular Paris. I remember stepping foot to France going to Paris.

I remember I took a train from Milton Keynes Central train station holding my Gran's hand with my mother I took the train and headed straight to London Euston Station then took the London Underground going to London Waterloo, sorry it used to be called Waterloo International Station where we got onto the Eurostar and headed for Gare du Nord in Paris.

I remember I was really tired, but after going to the Louvre Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral, Chateau de Versailles, Arc de Triomphe and of course going up the Eiffel Tower. I remembered my boat ride across the river at night. I never understood it - probably because I was only 8 years of age.

Many years later, having been in France a couple of times I just had to visit Paris again. This year for my 23rd, I wish to be there again. People must have heard about the "Lover's Bridge", this idea spread-ed across the world, Berlin and even China. I did some research, in Paris there are two bridges with the locks, according to the tradition the two bridges have two different meaning. The first is the "Pont des Arts" which is for your "committed love" whereas the Pont de l'Archevêché " is for your lover. Which is probably why on the internet, people are discussing about how little space there is at the Pont de l'Archevêché whereas there are plenty of space at the "Pont des Arts"

The tradition says the lover's bridge symbolizes the love of two, the couple takes a padlock with the key, write their message, names and date and lock it onto the bridge. Once locked, both lovers throw the key away and their love will be "forever" and sealed. Some say the only way for this "love" to "break" is to break this seal of love (the padlock), of course by doing so will mean you need the original key. But if the key is thrown into the way under the bridge, how will one find the original one where there are plenty? it is less to impossible. This meant many broken heart individual return with chainsaws or whatever to attempt to find "their" lock to break the seal.

I want to be back in Paris just once more, holding the person I love, someone who shares the same thoughts, ideas as me. Someone who loves me for who I am. Someone who accept my flaws and see through my flaws. So I can put a lock on the Pont de l'Archevêché bridge.