Hotel Adler Garni

Having read on TRIPADVISOR and elsewhere a load of absurd and even funny (in their total departure from reality) comments on the Hotel Adler in Bauma, after my return to Israel I invest a quarter of hour to try to reestablish the truth. It is ABSOLUTELY FALSE that: -the blonde lady owner of the hotel is an old, ugly, villain and hysteric witch, absolutely unaware of politeness. She is, on the contrary, a classy Swiss woman and a courteous and helpful host, who evidently loves her work and is happy when her guests are happy of it. The same can be said of her (beautiful) daughter. -at breakfast, she forces the clients to swallow quickly the food (like gooses destined to provide "pate' de foie gras"), in order to send them away as soon as possible. I had beakfast three times at the hotel, and the atmosphere was always friendly and relaxed. -the breakfast is horrible. I have always had delightful "croissants", bread and butter, yoghurt and coffee; as an Israeli I was not interested in ham, salami etc. but I saw the other guests enjoying them. -she threatens to call the Polizei if somebody asks to pay by credit card. She simply applies a small surcharge on it; I know that, when the business/shop is small, the cost of the POS service is not negligible for the owner so this is standard practice also in other countries. This issue, moreover, is not a surprise but is clearly stated in the hotel's website, and one can easily draw some money from an ATM nearby. If the client is not happy with that, he can always book an hotel in Banhofstrasse, Zurich instead.... -the hotel is dirty and messy. This is a B&B and you will not find luxury XIXth century furniture in the rooms, but everything is clean, tidy and the cleaning lady is already at work at 8:00 in the morning. IT IS ONLY MARGINALLY TRUE THAT: -the church bell, ringing every 15 min., forces the guests not to sleep. The bell has a very nice and melodious sound and after 1 hour one gets accustomed with it (unless he suffers from insomnia): it is part of the atmosphere of this lovely village in the Zurcher Oberland. Moreover, as the bell is not specifically aimed to Hotel Adler but is heard in all Bauma, and I have not got the impression that the inhabitants were rushing to convert to Islam to reduce these damned 24x4=96 rings per day to the 5 calls per day of the muezzin, I conclude that also the client of Hotel Adler can live with it. IT IS TRUE THAT: -this is an hotel for early risers. It is family-managed (I have the impression that the owners could be also farmers because they were around very early in the morning, but this is just my guess) and the majority of the clients are business travelers or contractors of civil works that have to leave as soon as possible in the morning anyway, so it is convenient to be tuned with the habits of the majority and set the alarm 1 hour in advance. In the summer, when we have light at 5:15, one can wake up without specific difficulty, but a folk suffering to wake in the dark -like me- could feel more uneasy deep in the winter. Summarizing: Hotel Adler is a lovey place with extremely convenient prices (especially for Switzerland!) and friendly ownership. From Bauma, it is easy to reach the Central Zurich/Oerlikon/Kloten area (but ask the blonde lady for directions, one could choose the wrong road among the hills!) , and the landscape you see in the route is breathtaking. I recommend this location to all the readers of this forum, and I will definitively return if I will have other business trips to Zurich in the future. Shalom from Tel Aviv Yuval