Kiev has beautiful parks that are full of opportunities to play, eat,
explore, and relax. One park in
particular also features a suspension bridge that for me is the cheapest
adrenaline rush in town. It hovers
roughly a million feet above the road and is lined with rotting wooden planks
that are hardly worthy to support a small dog, much less a throng of overweight
tourists and citizens. As I heroically
risk my life to cross the bridge, those same tourists and citizens linger
casually on the precarious passage snapping photos and, I’m sure, preparing to
shove innocent pedestrians over the low rusty metal railing to the street far below.
At least that’s the narrative that runs through my wild imagination as
I shuffle nervously across the bridge. Strangely,
it’s not actually called the Bridge of Certain Death but rather Lover’s
Bridge. And lovers who visit the bridge demonstrate
their commitment by affixing a padlock or a ribbon to the bridge railing. The local authorities routinely snip and
remove these signs of devotion, but I trust that the love endures.
Here are some photos of the ‘cheap thrill’ bridge in question:
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| The bridge as seen from the street below |
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| From directly underneath--notice how the sunlight easily penetrates the spaces between the boards |
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| Working up my nerve to make the perilous journey |
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| If you look closely, you can see ribbons and padlocks affixed to the bridge |
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