Wingate by Wyndham Atlanta Buckhead

The hotel I stayed in in Atlanta was an expensive one. I tend to try to avoid expensive hotels, but this time I just waited to long to order, so I had to order something in a hurry.

I have a few good things to say about the hotel: it has a limousine service, taking you to the train station (some 10-15 minutes away on foot). It has a chef making omelets etc for you at breakfast. (Other than that, the selection at breakfast was not too good.) There is a swimming pool (although there is a sign prohibiting you from swimming alone – which decreases its utility a great bit). And there is wireless internet as well as cable internet in the room (although it stops working on average once every two hours – needing a reboot of the computer before working again).

Since I guess I could have found a hostel at a quarter of the price if I had looked more thoroughly, I’m not too happy about my decision this time. I should mention, however, that it’s interesting to see the two faces of Atlanta. The area close to the Martin Luther King Memorial is predominantly non-white, with run-down houses, while the area close to the hotel seems far more affluent – and white. It seems that Martin Luther King’s dream must still be kept alive.