Trip to Thiene

A group of us from the Italian class I've been taking took a field trip to Thiene (Tee-in-ay) this morning.  Our wonderful teacher, Miss Daniela, led a caravan of cars to two lovely places that I never would've found on my own.  The first was a purse shop where the owner hand makes purses, wallets, etc. from genuine leather.  It was called "Ciemme Spaccio Borse."  I bought a couple of beautiful purses for a great price (early Anniversary present for me... hee hee), an everyday purse and a special occasion purse I can carry for a nice dinner out with Ashley or to a military ball!  :)

The second place was a spacious nursery called "Punto Verde Dalle Rive."  I have never seen so many beautiful herbs, plants, real flowers and fake flowers in one place!  I decided to buy some rosemary, oregano and basil so that I could try my hand at planting them in our back yard when it gets warmer.  The oregano plant smells so delicious, I didn't want to take my nose out of it!  ;)  (The small plant in front is called a Coffee plant...  no, it doesn't produce actual coffee beans, much to my disappointment!).  ;-)

Caroline was SO excited to water our new plants!  :)

I saw many other lovely plants at Punto Verde... here's just a small sample of what was there: