While I have never stayed as an overnight guest at our local 5-star Broadmoor Hotel, which celebrated its 100th birthday in 2018, I occasionally treat myself to coffee and cake in one of its cafés. This pretext enables me to walk the tastefully-landscaped grounds, to enjoy views of nearby Cheyenne Mountain, and to admire a graceful pair of Mute Swans in the property’s central lake. The establishment is known for the artwork that adorns the interior and ambling through its corridors is like walking through a museum. Paintings and statues celebrate the history of the American West and make it easy to while away hours.
Obwohl ich noch nie in unserem hiesigen Fünfsternehotel “Broadmoor”, das 2018 sein 100-jähriges Jubiläum feierte, übernachtet habe, verwöhne ich mich gelegentlich mit Kaffee und Kuchen in einem seiner Cafés. Dieser Vorwand ermöglicht es mir, durch die geschmackvoll gestaltete Gartenanlage zu spazieren, die Sicht auf den nahegelegenen Berg, Cheyenne Mountain, zu genießen, und ein graziles Schwanenpaar auf dem zentral gelegenen See zu bewundern. Das Etablissement ist für seine Kunstsammlung bekannt, und durch seine inneren Hallen zu wandeln, ähnelt einem Besuch in einer Kunstgalerie. Gemälde und Plastiken feiern die Geschichte des amerikanischen Westens, und lassen Stunden wie im Fluge vergehen.
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I never visit without directing my steps to a cozy corner whose walls are beautified by a delightful mural. Examples of our regional flora are exquisitely and lovingly rendered, and while I feast on the colorful blossoms, a number of winged creatures do the same in their own way.
Meine Ausflüge dorthin sind ohne das Aufsuchen einer gemütlichen, von einem wunderschönen Wandgemälde verzierten Ecke nicht komplett. Vertreter unserer hiesigen Flora werden in liebevollem Detail dargestellt, und während ich mich an den farbenprächtigen Blüten auf meine Art labe, tut es mir eine Anzahl beschwingter Kreaturen auf ihre Weise gleich.
WOW … scheint ja ein tolles Hotel zu sein.
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Das Hotel selbst ist sehr elegant, lieber Jürgen, aber am meisten begeistern mich immer die schöne Lage und die dort vorhandenen Kunstwerke. Und wenn man auf den Pfaden draußen wandelt, gibt es auch immer irgendwelche Vögel zu sehen.
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Wunderschön, Tanja 😍
Vielleicht gönnst du dir ja mal eine Übernachtung dort. Zum Geburtstag oder Hochzeitstag oder so 😍
Liebe Grüße, Brigitte
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Mein Mann wird Deinen Kommentar lesen, liebe Brigitte. Mal sehen, was er darauf erwidert. 😊
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Wow the murals of local flora and fauna are amazing! So colorful and delightful. Unique hotel for sure!
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flora* hehe
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…got it, Pooja…😊
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Definitely a special hotel, Pooja, with much beautiful art. I am glad you enjoyed the mural.
Best,
Tanja
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Coffee & cake & bluebells.
A treat, as ever, Tanja.
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To finish you alliteration, Nick, coffee, cake, and columbines. 😊
Thank you for taking a glance at the mural with me.
Best,
Tanja
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Wow, daß ist mal ein schönes Hotel mit einem wunderschönen Innendesign. Jedenfalls für uns Naturliebhaber. Wirklich liebevoll gestaltet und toll gemalt! Danke fürs Mitnehmen liebe Tanja!
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Ich freue mich über die positive Resonanz, liebe Almuth. ❤-llichen Dank fürs Mitgucken. 😊
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Ich komme mal eben vorbei zum Kaffeetrinken 🙂
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Alles klar. Ich reserviere uns dann schon mal einen Tisch!
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Au ja, bitte! Schade, daß das mit dem Beamen immer noch nicht klappt 😉
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Ja, leider!
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Breathtakingly beautiful Tanja, enjoyed these so much!
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I thought this might be right up your alley, Liz. I am glad I wasn’t wrong. 😊
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The Broadmoor ought to pay you for promoting the hotel. We didn’t go inside during our 2017 visit to Colorado Springs but in around 1980 I stayed in the hotel for a photography conference that was being held there. Even so, I don’t remember the nature mural. Seems like another visit someday is in order.
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That’s exactly what my husband said, Steve! 🙂
I can imagine that the interior decor has been redone several times since your visit in 1980, and unless you were inside the Broadmoor West building, where the mural is home, you would not have come across it.
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Oh, and I noticed that the preceding comments include one “wow” in English and two in German.
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You are such an astute observer, Steve. 😊
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You prompted me to look further. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that wow started out as a mostly Scottish word, with the first attestation dating back to 1513. Do you have a sense of when German borrowed the word from English? My conjecture is that German picked it up, or at least began using it heavily, in the era of blogs.
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How fascinating, Steve. I had never really thought about the word, but it surprises me to learn how old it is. It sounds more modern, at least to my ears.
As far as its use in German, I can only conjecture. I assume it was introduced during or after WWII, when American servicemen interacted with the German population, and when American music and fashion etc. became part of German culture. Does that sound reasonable to you?
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It does.
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Stunning hotel and mural artwork, wow! I can see why you love to visit on occasion for coffee and dessert….so pleasing to the eyes! 🙂
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It is pleasing, Donna, even if not quite as pleasing as seeing the birds and butterflies outside. 😊
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Das sieht aber wirklich außergewöhnlich aus! So liebevoll gestaltet und gemalt!
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So empfinde ich das auch immer wieder. Schön, daß es Dir gefällt.
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Hallo Tanja,
da würde ich auch mal einen Kaffee trinken :-). Schöne Aufnahmen. LG, Anna
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Das freut mich, liebe Anna. Dann komm doch schnell mal vorbei… 😊
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I can understand that you have a look at these murals, each and every time that you are there!
They are just stunning!
Kindest regards and thanks for introducing this hotel to us!
Christa
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I am glad you like it, Christa. When I see beautiful art like this I always wish I could paint. I hope you are staying warm.
Best,
Tanja
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I am!
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Good! 🙂
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Absolutely love that mural and it brings nature inside the building by making it cozy and warm. How nice. Thank you for sharing.
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I am glad you liked the mural, Luda. It also makes me feel warm and cozy inside. 😊
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🤗🌸🌺💐🦋
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Beautiful mural. Great colors and delicacy.
I saw a great one recently too. It’s one that Claude Monet did of water lilies. It’s in the Museum Of Modern Art in Manhattan. I’ll be seeing you —
Neil .
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It is one of my favorites, Neil. I hope you will share your MOMA experience with us soon. 🙂
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Hi. Believe it or not, I wrote about his murals in a Paris museum. The ones there are as great as anything I’ve ever seen.
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Do you mind sending me the link to that post, Neil? If I already read it and forget, please forgive me, but I am thinking that you wrote about it before I followed you on WordPress.
Thank you!
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Hi. Here it is.
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Thank you, Neil!
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Absolutely beautiful!!!!
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I am glad you think so, too, Valerie.
Thank you,
Tanja
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What a splendid place! The hotel’s name made me laugh though: ‘Broadmoor’ is also the name of an English ‘hospital’ for the criminally insane which has housed many notorious serial killers – and still does. It’s nice to find the name associated with somewhere lovely instead.
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I am sure the promoters of the Broadmoor Hotel don’t want to be associated to that particular name you alluded to. 🙂
Thank you for your interesting comment.
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I doubt the promoters will have heard of the place. England is a tiny country. The contrast between two such different places which happen to share the same name would probably only occur to people this side of the Atlantic.
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it’s really magic!
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I am glad you liked it. Thank you!
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It is sad that we are mostly Motel 6 kind of people; nothing worth blogging about in those buildings LOL. That ceiling!! I could sleep on the floor and stare at that all night, and of course the murals elicit own oo’s and ah’s as well. Your damselfly might actually be a mayfly, though I’m not certain of the species of CO.
Murals are worth the time and money to keep fresh through the years. I’m glad the Broodmoor has put in the effort for as long as they have.
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Who knows what you (and I) might discover at one of those motels one of those days?! It never hurts to keep our eyes open. 🙂
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Wow! What a beautiful place to go for coffee and cake! Thanks for sharing the lovely paintings and architecture and the graceful swans. ❤
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Thank you for going along on and enjoying the visit. 🙂
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Sehr schöne Fotos! Gemälde fotographieren ist ja immer eine heikle Sache…
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Es freut mich, daß sie Dir gefallen, lieber Gerry.
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Beautiful blog entry! I loved taking that “tour” along with you. Amazing that you nearby such a place!
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Thank you for joining me on the tour. 😊
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The art work here looks so so pretty! I don’t think I’ve ever seen murals inside Sri Lankan hotels, except in Helga’s Folly.
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Helga’s Folly-there must be a story behind that name!
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Wow what beautiful artwork!
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Tanja – Thank you so much for sharing the beautiful murals of Broadmoor Hotel. I enjoyed how beautiful they are. You did an excellent job of capturing them. -Jill
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Thank you, Jill. I think the artist did an amazing job capturing so many minute details.
Thanks for stopping by!
Best,
Tanja
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You are welcome my dear friend.
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