Graz–Jan. 24, 2025

Since the place I am renting is a short-term rental that expires at the beginning of March, I am looking for a different place. (I will try to extend this rental for another month or two.) I am trying to find one that:

• Has a month-to-month rental instead of a three-year lease agreement (that is the standard here)
• Has a built-in kitchen (some apartments don’t; you have to buy all the appliances yourself)
• In a reasonably good area
• Has a reasonable price. For example, €1000 per month goes a long way here compared to San José.

I walked out to a development called Jakomini Verde 🇦🇹. Some pictures along the way:

I used an underpass to get across one of the streets that didn’t have a crosswalk, and sure enough it was a great source of graffiti:

There was a traffic accident, and the police had set up a temporary closure with a sign that said “Accident”:

Further along the way was the Augarten park.

The park has a “free gym“ with exercise equipment. How cool is that?

Further pictures along the way:

Another building on stilts

The buildings at Jakomini Verde

It seems a nice area; the buildings are fairly new, but it’s also sort of in the middle of nowhere.

And, some pictures on the way back.

There seems to be a lot of construction going on everywhere.

Signage / Miscellanea

Give animal welfare a (your) voice

Like foxes in the forest (with anarchist symbol)

Your favorite place...here soon

Sign for an “extraterrestrially good” vending machine place

Finally, a few blocks from the apartment, a Turkish grocery was selling these chocolate-covered cake with marshmallow packages for €1 each. I wondered why it was so cheap. Then I looked at the production and expiration date, which explained everything.