Beginning today, locals will begin attaching a sign on those "Lover's Locks" that are attached to bridges all over Venice. It's a grassroots campaign initiated by Alberto Toso Fei, a well known Venetian author, to enlighten visitors to our city that locks on Venice's bridges are illegal.
For one week, people will be posting the poster in shops, restaurants, cafes, bars, hotels, as well as attaching them directly on the locks. It's an ingenious idea. I too, will be out with my handfull of signs tomorrow and Wednesday, doing my part.
I ask you to please, pass the word for Venice. The more people who know that it is not ok to put a lock on a bridge here, the better. One small step for Venice...
