Gracious Lounge by maggiemae

Gracious Lounge

This is the lounge of the hotel we are staying in. The same hotel I stayed in aged 13, 60 years ago! I love hotels like this with long corridors, carpet everywhere, old pictures hanging on picture rails, etched glass doors like these.

Three good things;
1. The proprietor was thrilled at the photo I brought of the hotel 60 years ago. Even more thrilled when he found out John was Burt Munro's son!
2. Some lovely evening skies where church spires and towers were outlined.
3. Heaters everywhere as it was very cold with rain today - 6deg! There would be snow somewhere!
Awesome shot
May 12th, 2015  
Have you seen Harry down there? I keep saying Alex should go & introduce herself but she is not interested for some strange reason!
Looks a comfy hotel! Are you on holiday or motorcycle business?
May 12th, 2015  
@happypat We are invited guests to the launch of the new Land Rover Discovery Sport in Dunedin today, Pat. Harry's been here - went down to Stewart Island which was good for him and them. Then to Wanaka where the weather wasn't too good. John's moaning about the cost of the trip to the tax payer!
May 12th, 2015  
Great shot.
May 12th, 2015  
It looks a marvellous place to stay, I expect it had maltreated over the years
May 12th, 2015  
Sounds like you are enjoying your stay, a nice hotel makes all the difference. Looks welcoming.
May 12th, 2015  
Bep
It looks like a nice place to stay. Enjoy!
May 12th, 2015  
@maggiemae He he well men do that....moan about money I mean! Enjoy the launch.....Harry might come to that ...probably get one given knowing the usual score! You are obviously top big wigs these days I am surprised you haven't been invited to tea with Harry!!
May 12th, 2015  
Looks lovely
May 12th, 2015  
I love the look of the hotel Maggiemae. I bet the owner was pleased to see that photo!! Hope you enjoyed the launch - you both get invited to all the exciting things!! I visited Stewart Island on my NZ trip and I loved it especially the birds!! How I would love to do that trip again!!
May 12th, 2015  
What a beautiful place, and so great with the past memories! Very nice to show the proprietor the old picture! Enjoy the launch and your stay!!
May 12th, 2015  
Wonderful , and comfortable looking place -- so much more homely than these sterile and minimalistic looking hotels .
May 12th, 2015  
It looks so welcoming! Almost like a step back into past.
May 12th, 2015  
beautiful colour and composition, you stay in the nicest places
May 13th, 2015  
nice
May 13th, 2015  
Very nice POV, wonderful shot, looks like a very nice hotel.
May 13th, 2015  
Such an elegantly grand looking place! Beautiful choice of composition!
May 13th, 2015  
What a pretty view
May 13th, 2015  
Love the colours in this, especially that rich-looking carpet.
May 13th, 2015  
@happypat Didn't fancy my rhubarb scones, Pat!
May 13th, 2015  
@beryl Thanks Beryl - this place is not luxury just well kept old charm!
May 13th, 2015  
So very pretty- how fun to have a history connected to it!
May 13th, 2015  
Looks like a fabulous place to stay. I love hotels with history
May 13th, 2015  
@tigerdreamer It was super - comfy bed, en suite nice furnishings but with over 300 rooms I was surprised it kept going! I think the big buses unload their passengers here in the early evening and pick them up the next day without even seeing Dunedin!
May 13th, 2015  
@snowy I"m publishing a 1955 photo ( it was built in the very early 1900's) and todays one in the same place so you can judge for yourself, Diana!
May 13th, 2015  
Wonderful shot, composition
May 13th, 2015  
I love the way you caught it so it feels like we are peeking in from outside, not a part of the scene but able to see it.
May 13th, 2015  
@taffy Thanks Taffy - reminded me to post the picture I took of the inside of this lounge! Here it comes..........
May 13th, 2015  
Great shot and neat that it is till around now for you to stay in again
May 13th, 2015  
Bev
Great shot, Maggie. Love the interior. It looks like a beautiful place. I don't believe you when you say you stayed there 60 years ago. You don't look old enough.
May 13th, 2015  
@prttblues My family stayed there to go to the Borovanski Ballet when I was 13, Bev!! You are nice to say that, though!
May 13th, 2015  
Looks very elegant. Nicely composed with the door framing the interior.
May 13th, 2015  
love all the color
May 13th, 2015  
Wonderful to go back to the hotel you were in whilst young and it does look cosy
May 13th, 2015  
@kelly2 I remember it only for being a hotel and so special to stay in one! Thanks Irene!
May 13th, 2015  
Delightful composition
May 13th, 2015  
Looks very pretty and cosy. Great shot.
May 13th, 2015  
Great shot - I like your pov.
May 13th, 2015  
nice colours
May 13th, 2015  
Great POV and it looks a wonderful place to stay. Enjoy!
May 13th, 2015  
very beautiful place, hope you have a wonderful stay. so interesting you were able to provide the old photo and now have this one to compare shots.
May 13th, 2015  
Looks a fantastic place, a great shot of it as well.
May 13th, 2015  
Beautifully composed shot, Maggie. It looks like a lovely old place. The colors are wonderful too. Did you process them at all?
May 13th, 2015  
Comfortable. There must be a very nice :)
May 13th, 2015  
What a wonderful place Maggie....It looks so inviting! :)
May 13th, 2015  
How warm and inviting it seems. A lovely place to stay.
May 13th, 2015  
Looks like a very love place to stay. Sounds like you enjoyed your trip.
May 14th, 2015  
I like the odd blue highlights. Gives it a properly other-worldly, other-century look.
May 14th, 2015  
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