Quit reading this and click here.
Now you know what these padlocks are all about. These padlocks were affixed to a bridge in Ljubljana that was constructed with lovers in mind because it had cables that made it convenient to affix your “love lock.”
Canon 5DII 1/125s f/6.3 ISO320 58mm
In May, on my first trip to Paris, on the bridge alongside Notre Dame Cathedral I saw this for the first time. The bridge gets so loaded with locks they have to remove them quite often. Lovely tradition.