24 C, a warm breeze, sunshine. This is Valencia! Munich will be different: even when you add the high of 16C to the low of 4C, it is still lower than the low in Valencia (21C). And there won’t be sunshine. And the sunset without a sun will be very early, at 6.37pm, an hour earlier than in Valencia! So why do we do this, why not just stay here and enjoy this gentle breath and travel to the stiff wind? Doctors appointments. Two surgery preparation appointments, so I’m good to go on the 20th of October and get my knee fixed. 11 weeks of pain will be enough!

So what did we do on our last day? We visited the Central Market again and got sucked in to all those picturesque displays of meats, fish, fruits and vegetables. The Valencia Market is inside this beautiful Modernista building and super clean (but you know that already from our first visit, right?

Afterwards we went to an unusual museum: the Museo Taurino, the bullfighter museum. And man was I surprised! It was very educational, explaining everything from the breeding of the bulls to the preparations of a fight, bullfighter schools, the history of bullfighting and the rules and regulations during a fight up to the point how the bull gets killed. Brutal and fascinating at the same time!

A highlight that I enjoyed A LOT were the costumes the bullfighters wear. There were many of them on display, one more beautiful than the other!

So far, a great day until we came back to the apartment, which is on the 7th floor: the elevator was broken. So is my meniscus – darn! It took me a while to hobble up, but how in the world will we bring our luggage downstairs tomorrow morning? ? ? ? ? ? ?