Bucharest, Part 4: The Amazing Nighttime Fountain Extravaganza! (Saturday evening entertainment!)

 Yes indeedy... the 50 minute extravaganza was one of the most spectacular I have EVER seen!! I cannot even begin to imagine the extensive--and most clever--engineering that went into designing the various spouts that could do what they did...not to mention, the ever-varying patterns of lights on the water...

The city center's fountains were packed with people--it was a most lively, happy crowd-- of all ages. All of us waited in great anticipation for the show to begin... I arrived early, but there were already many gathered before me. (The show began at 9:30). Especially magical was the fact that a 2/3 moon hovered in the sky, over the nearby high rises, and from where I sat, was perfectly positioned over the main fountain. 

The whole show was set to an eclectic variety of music--from classical to pop to heavy metal (my faves being George Enescu's "Romanian Rapsody", some Michael Jackson, and Queen). The various fountains--of which there were hundreds--"danced" in time to the music...sporting a great assortment of colors to boot! It was truly magnificent... and though I took some still shots, I mostly took videos.  As you check these out, bear in mind that being there was about 1,000 times better than what I could portray here on the blog! 



The show begins... 9:30 sharp! 

The pre-show "warm up"... we waited, watching the darkening sky...the small round ball you see there, just above one of the tall buildings, is the moon!


All fountains ceased and it got very quiet around the fountains, right before the explosion of water, sound and color! 


A most lovely sunset... a hint of the colors we would soon see in the waters!



Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean": (not one of the better ones...unfortunately, my best were between 1 and 2 minutes long...evidently exceeding the maximum file size for videos which Blogger will support. Quite tragic....!!! Really disappointing.) 

Note: If you would like to see the vastly superior--and longer--videos I recorded that night, message me on Whatsapp and I will be happy to send them to you!!!



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