It wasn’t the uninspiring cold continental breakfast of cereal and fruit or the kids in the suite who were running the floor above our heads at 5:00am. It wasn’t the volunteer fire siren that went off the next morning at 5:00am in the back yard and it wasn’t the tiny bathroom with the showerhead 4 feet up the wall that made me shower on my knees. It was the total disinterest in running a B&B by the innkeepers that turned me off to this place. From the nasty phone call at 5:00 pm asking why we weren’t there at 2:00pm when we said we would be there sometime Sunday (we were enjoying one of the many wineries along the way).Or when I asked if they had any recommendations for dinner in Skaneateles and the innkeeper silently pointed to the folder of menus near the front door. Or the fact that they had zero interest in even conversing with their guests other than taking care of the business of collecting money.
On the plus side it was a short walk to town and there was ample... more