"to spice up" is a phrasal verb meaning "to make something interesting".

see.

http://englishenglish.com/englishtest.htm

Three memorable staff thingsin souvenir shops in Slovenia and Croatia_2

3. Walking around in Zagreb, I found a small shop looking lovely lovely looking shop and entered in the shop it. There was no customer  were no customers inside. As soon as I looked at the goods in the shop, a staff member started talking to me. She said that the whole all of the goods were handmade created by her mother and herself. I wanted to look around the shop on my own pace but she brought goods in front of me with explanation one after another. She was really talkative. And finally I was caught in her pace. She offered a seat for me and she said she had a plenty of time today. And then I got a little bit scary scared.
She brought a lot of bracelets and put them on the desk for me. I found a lovely rose quartz bracelet but it was with a clasp. I know it’s really hard to put on by another hand only using only your other hand. I asked her if the clasp was changed into a stretch clear string used other bracelets if it was possible it was possible to change the clasp into a stringed stretch.  She said that it was okay and it would just take a few minutes to change it. She walked up the stairs to work on it and after a little while, she was back to check the size of my wrist. When she tried to put it on my wrist, her hand slipped and most of the rose quartz threaded spread everywhere. I had kind of predicted that because the bracelet had left one end of the string free and she looked clumsy. She said, “I’m so clumsy..” I couldn’t dislike her somehow.
She completed the bracelet using other rose quartz. After that, she showed me a lot of small ceramic ornaments in a basket to me and told me to pick up one of them. I chose one shaped as a hexagram. She said “You make my day.” And she gave it to me. She grows is growing on me.

Three memorable staff things in souvenir shops in Slovenia and Croatia_1

I traveled to Slovenia and Croatia last month. I have written about three memorable staff things in souvenir shops.

1. When I entered in a souvenir shop in Ljubljana, I found chocolate embedded prosciutto, seeds of sunflowers or something. It looked weird to me but I was interested in that, so I asked the staff if it was delicious. And  after a couple of seconds of silence, he said: “…I don’t like it.”
He likes chocolate, prosciutto and the seeds themselves but he doesn’t like everything together in chocolate. His honesty made me laugh. He still wondered why people kept making chocolate like this. After his talks explanation, I didn’t feel like buying it anymore.
When I left the shop, I pushed the door which should be pulled have been pulled so I made the sound loudly a loud sound. Then he said, “Don’t worry, you’re not the first person to do it!” I couldn’t help laughing again.

2. In Zagreb, there was a small gemstones shop outside in open area. I stopped to look at the stones because there were various kinds of stones I’ve never seen before and they have were of various attractive colors. They were beautiful. The staff explained to me the meaning each stone has. She answered all of my questions. She was really familiar with stones. I was impressed. She said it was my her job. I bought a stone called “Labradorite” because its color changes when it gets light. It fascinates me. I forgot the meaning of the stone though. (Labradorite brings good health and fortune in relationships to his wearer :))
And then she picked another small stone called “Clear Quartz” and put it in another bag. She said that she enjoyed talking with me so she would give it to me. How sweet she is was… I had a nice time with her.

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