Day 90 – The Paris Spoon

Happy 127th Birthday to La Tour Eiffel en Paris! The famous French landmark opened to tourists for the first time on March 31, 1889.

This spoon, a souvenir of the Eiffel Tower, was given to me by my Aunt Berta after her trip to Paris in the mid-1980s. It has a handle in the shape of a long branch with leaves and a coffee bean just below the word “Paris” and a model of the Eiffel Tower at the top. 


I love the back of the bowl — it looks like an impression of a leaf: