JOSE RIZAL'S TRAVEL FROM 1882-1887

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Rizal wrote a letter to Blumentritt and he told him that he forgot his diamond stickpin at his room in Hotel Krebs.

Leitmeritz, Bohemia

May 13, 1887 at 1:30pm, they arrived in the railroad station where Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt was there.

Blumentritt helped the two get a room at Hotel Krebs.

They stayed there from May 13-16, 1887.

they visited :

churches museums

art galleries theatres

public parks

Vienna

May 1882

Rizal left the Philippines for the first time. He boarded Salvadora using a passport of Jose Mercado which was procured for him by his uncle Antonio Rivera. His first trip abroad was bound for Spain.

Rizal's Grand Tour in Europe

On May 20, they arrived in the “Queen of the Danube”.

He met Norfenfals, great novelist in Europe. He admired Rizal.

Rizal received his lost diamond stickpin.

They stayed in Hotel Metropole.

May 11, 1887, they left Berlin by train.

They are going to Dresden.

Dresden

Prague

Went to floral exhibit and met Dr. Jagor

Visited Dr. Adolph B. Meyer

Visited Museum of Art- “Prometheus Bound"

They left Dresden and went to Teschen as next stopover. They sent wire to Blumentritt.

They went to Dr. Willkomm, professor of natural history in University of Prague.

They visited:

Tomb of Copernicus

Museum of Natural History

Bacteriological Laboratories

Cave of San Juan Nepomoceno

Lintz

May 9, 1882- The Salvadora docked at Singapore

The first stop over of Rizal on his way to Spain is Singapore, which he spent for sightseeing the city including its famed Botanical Garden, Buddhist temples, the monument of Sir Thomas Stanford Raffles, the founder of Singapore.

On May 24, they rode on a river boat to see Danube River.

TO SALZBURG, TO MUNICH TO NUREMBERG

Germany (Berlin, Heidelberg, Leipzig, Dresden)

The river trip ended in Lintz. They travel overland to Salzburg, and to Munich.

In Munich, stop for a while to taste the famous Munich beer, assumed as the best in Germany.

They went to Nuremberg and were impressed by the manufacture of dolls.

He visited Paris &Germany to specialize in opthalmology

He still hasn't forgotten about his "secret mission"

He stopped over at Barcelona, on his way to Paris, to visit his friend Maximo Viola

He met friends in Germany

He met Dr. Feodor Jagor author of Travels in the Philippines, a book

that Rizal admired because of its keen observances in the Philippine

setting.

With the help of Maximo Viola, who gave him the necessary funds to

publish the novel, Noli Me Tangere was published.

During the printing of the Noli, the chief of police Berlin paid a sudden visit to Rizal’s boarding house. The chief asked for Rizal’s passport

Italy

He visited Turin, Milan, Venice and Florence.

From Singapore to Colombo, Sri Lanka

On June 27, 1887, he reached Rome, the”Eternal City” or the “City of Caesars”.

It was Rizal’s journey to Colombo, Sri Lanka that was important for him to improve his knowledge of the French language while he on board a French ship, Djemnah.

Naples and Marseilles

From Port Said, the Djemnah proceeded on its way to Europe. On June 11,Rizal reached Naples. On the night of June 12, the steamer docked at the French harbor of Marseilles. He stayed two and a half day in Marseilles, he visited the famous Chateau d’lf, where Dantes, hero of The Count of Monte Cristo.

Rizal’s First Visit to Paris (1883)

Marseilles, France

His first summer vacation to Paris, France, June 17 to August 20, 1883 and he live at cheap hotel on 124 Rue de Rennes in Latin Quarter. Like all tourist, Rizal was amazed on the beautiful sceneries of Paris. Rizal is an unordinary tourist because he was observing the life and culture of French; he was spending time on museums

13 June 1882

Rizal arrived early in the morning

and boarded at the Noalles Hotel

15 June 1882

He left for Barcelona in an express train.

Geneva

Ulm, Stuttgart, Baden and then Rheinfall

They crossed foggy Leman Lake to Geneva.

One of most beautiful cities in the world.

June 19, 1877, Rizal’s 26th birthday.

They spent 15 days in Geneva.

On June 23, they parted ways: Viola returned to

Barcelona and Rizal went to Italy

The Cathedral in Ulm is the largest and tallest in Germany.

They went to Stuttgart and Baden.

In Rheinfall, they saw the waterfall which is “the most beautiful

waterfall" in Europe.

EGYPT

En route through the Suez Canal, Rizal got off at the Red Sea terminal and was amazed by the impressive moonlight scenery in Suez and was engrossed with the multicultural people and language of the place.

Barcelona, Spain

Life in Madrid

Reached Barcelona on June 16, 1882.

Rizal’s first impression of Barcelona was unfavorable; he found out that the people were open-hearted, hospitable, and courageous. The Filipinos in Barcelona, some of whom even his schoolmates on the Ateneo, welcome Rizal.

Rizal studied in Universidad Central de Madrid.

Rizal then had a love affair with Consuelo Ortiga y Perez, the daughter of Don Pablo.

He made a poem entitled “A La Señiorita C.O. y P.”.

The Romance didn’t blossom because of two reasons:

Engage to Leonora Rivera

Eduardo de Lete (his friend) is madly in love with Consuelo.

Switzerland

They crossed the border to Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

They stayed from June 2-3, 1887

They continued their tour to Basel, Bern and Lausanne.

Amor Patria

Rizal wrote a nationalistic essay entitled “Amor Patria” (Love of Country), his first article written on Spanish’s soil. He sent the article to Basilio Teodoro Moran, publisher of Diaryong Tagalog, under his pen-name Laong Laan. Amor Patria appeared on the newspaper on August 20, 1882, with tagalog version translated by M.H.Del Pilar. Rizal wrote again for Diaryong Tagalog; Los Viajes (Travels), Revisita de Madrid (Review of Madrid), unfortunately Diaryong Tagalog had ceased publication for lack of funds.

JOSE RIZAL'S TRAVEL FROM 1882-1887