Sunday afternoon I went out to Versailles for the musical fountain show. I got there an hour early, so I had a picnic by King Neptune's fountain and then spent some time just wandering around. At 3:15 as I was wandering, I heard some music start and could see the very top of a fountain show. I hurried over, but right as I arrived the show ended. I was so disappointed. I had missed the opening ceremonies!
Everyone else there had some sort of program with them, so I decided to follow the crowd to wherever the next fountain show would be. I ended up just stalking a family for 5 minutes before I decided they weren't going to lead me to the next show.
They didn't lead me to the next show because they couldn't lead me to the next show. The musical fountains are all on for two hours. Even the "opening ceremonies" show repeats. I found this out when I stumbled upon it a second time, right as it was ending. I decided that I would just sit there and wait however long it took for the show to come back on. It turns out that the 3 minute show is played about every five minutes. So even though I walked up at the very end, I only had to wait about two minutes for it to start again.
The only thing I did miss was King Neptune's Fountain. It's supposed to do something special from 5:20-5:30, but I was there from 5:10-6:00 and nothing special happened. I did get to see water coming out of it, though, so maybe that was all there ever was to see.
One final important note about Versailles: They're chocolat chaud is gross.
Everyone else there had some sort of program with them, so I decided to follow the crowd to wherever the next fountain show would be. I ended up just stalking a family for 5 minutes before I decided they weren't going to lead me to the next show.
They didn't lead me to the next show because they couldn't lead me to the next show. The musical fountains are all on for two hours. Even the "opening ceremonies" show repeats. I found this out when I stumbled upon it a second time, right as it was ending. I decided that I would just sit there and wait however long it took for the show to come back on. It turns out that the 3 minute show is played about every five minutes. So even though I walked up at the very end, I only had to wait about two minutes for it to start again.
The only thing I did miss was King Neptune's Fountain. It's supposed to do something special from 5:20-5:30, but I was there from 5:10-6:00 and nothing special happened. I did get to see water coming out of it, though, so maybe that was all there ever was to see.
One final important note about Versailles: They're chocolat chaud is gross.
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