The City of Pforzheim Germany, located on the northern edge of the Black Forest is best known for its jewelry and clock production. Schmuckwelten (Jewelry World in English) is a place where you can browse and buy anything from silver bracelets to a necklace with mini versions of Faberge eggs that will drip down your décolletage.
There is also a museum dedicated to the technical side of this industry located south of the city center. Fortunately for my pocketbook, I was in Pforzheim not to research sparklers, but to see my friend Valerie make her European operatic debut. Amazingly this small town of just over 100,000 residents supports a full city theater, opera, orchestra, chorus, acting company and ballet. Valerie sang the role of Abigail in a concert version of Nabucco held in an outdoor theater constructed next to the river for summer outdoor performances. It was well worth the trip to this "City of Gold" on the rivers Enz, Nagold and Würm to see this performance. Val knocked it out of the park and I was thrilled to be a part of her introduction to the European opera stage.
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! 
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Thanks for making the trip all the way to Pforzheim to be there for me! It really made the evening special to have one of my "peeps" there to support me. You rock!
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