CHAPTER 9Rizal’s Grand

Tour of Europe with

Viola(1887)

EUROPE

The Tour BeginsMay 11, 1887, they

left Berlin by train.

They are going to Dresden.

DresdenWent to floral exhibitVisited Dr. Adolph B. MeyerVisited Museum of Art

- “Prometheus Bound”

At floral exhibit, they met

Dr. Jagor.

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

Leitmeritz, BohemiaMay 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.

Memories in Leitmeritz Enjoying the warm hospitality of the

Blumentritt family. They went to a beer garden

in Bohemia. They attended a meeting

of the Tourist’s Club of Leitmeritz where Blumentritt was the secretary.

He met Dr. Carlos Czepalak, a Polish scholar. He was introduced to Prof. Robert Klutschak,

a well-known scholar.

Last night in Leitmeritz, they proposed a dinner to Blumentritt’s family at their hotel.

May 16, at 9:45 am, they left Leitmeritz by train.

Prague They went to Dr. Willkomm, professor of

natural history in University of Prague.

They visited:Tomb of CopernicusMuseum of Natural HistoryBacteriological LaboratoriesCave of San Juan Nepomoceno

after this, they went to Brunn.

Prague

Brunn Rizal wrote a letter to Blumentritt and he

told him that he forgot his diamond stickpin at his room in Hotel Krebs.

Nothing important happened in this city according to Viola.

Brunn

ViennaOn 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.

they visited : churches museums art galleries

theatrespublic parks

they met 2 good Austrian scholars who are friend of Blumentritt:

Masner and Nordmann

Lintz on May 24, they rode on a river boat to see

Danube River.

TO SALZBURG, TO MUNICH TO NUREMBERG

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

Ulm, Stuttgart, Baden and then Rheinfall

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

They went to Stuttgart and Baden.

In Rheinfall, they sawthe waterfall which is“the most beautiful waterfall in Europe”.

Rheinfall

Switzerland They crossed the border to Schaffhausen,

Switzerland.

they stayed from June 2-3, 1887. they continued their tour to Basel, Bern and

Lausanne.

Geneva 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.

Madrid Exposition There was an Exposition of the Philippines held in Madrid, Spain.

Igorots were exhibited, some were died.

Italy He visited Turin, Milan, Venice and Florence.

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

• On June 29, Rizal visited the Vatican for the 1st time.

St. Peter’s Square

• He prepared to return to his home, Calamba.

Thank You

Daisy Mae A. ValerosoBEEG-II